The First Binational Forum on Migration and the Right to an Identity

The Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and the Be Foundation were pleased to host the First Binational Forum on Migration and the Right to an Identity: The Double Invisibility of Mexican Migrants in light of Potential U.S. Immigration Reform. The forum provided for the analysis and discussion of the phenomenon of immigrants whose births went unregistered and who, as a result, lack proof of identity and nationality.

The First Binational Forum on Migration and the Right to an Identity was organized by the Mexico Institute in partnership with the Be Foundation Derecho a la Identidad, A.C., along with the Ministry of Rural Development and Equity for Communities (SEDEREC) and Colectivo Migraciones para las Américas (COMPA). 

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Agenda

Introduction

Duncan Wood
Director, Mexico Institute

Karen Mercado
President, Be Foundation Derecho a la Identidad, A.C.

Testimony

Pascual Callejas

Panel: Mexico's Challenges and Opportunities to Ensure Migrants the Right to an Identity

Julieta Miranda
Deputy Director of Planning, Ministry of Rural Development and Equity for Communities (SEDEREC)

Karen Mercado
President, Be Foundation Derecho a la Identidad, A.C.

Josefina Vázquez Mota
Public Policy Scholar, Mexico Institute

José Luis Gutiérrez
President, La Red Mexicana de Líderes y Organizaciones Migrantes

Moderator: Andrew Selee, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, Wilson Center