{"id":9170,"date":"2026-01-02T14:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/?page_id=9170"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:53:03","slug":"immigration-and-the-city-in-the-trump-era","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/research\/milwaukee-summit\/immigration-and-the-city-in-the-trump-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration and the City in the Trump Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a0\">Immigration and the City in the Trump Era<br>Immigrant Rights, Advocacy, and Communities in Milwaukee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 12th Annual Henry W. Maier State of Milwaukee Summit was held on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 from 5:30-7:00pm in the 51ÁÔÆæ Union Alumni Fireside Lounge (2200 E. 51ÁÔÆæ, Milwaukee). A distinguished panel of community leaders and policy experts discussed different facets of immigration policy, immigrant rights movements, and refugee resettlement experiences in Milwaukee under the administration, and highlighted different advocacy efforts and successful programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Remarks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Johannes Britz<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>51ÁÔÆæ Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panelists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rachel Buff<\/strong>, 51ÁÔÆæ Dept. of History &amp; Cultures and Communities Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mary Flynn<\/strong>, Program Manager of Refugee Resettlement, LSS of WI &amp; Upper MI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Janan Najeeb<\/strong>, President, Milwaukee Muslim Women\u2019s Coalition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christine Neumann-Ortiz<\/strong>, Executive Director, Voces de la Frontera<br>(Jasmine Gonz\u00e1lez filled in for Christine Neumann-Ortiz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Karyn Rotker<\/strong>, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of WI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-immigration-and-the-city-in-the-trump-era-milwaukee-summit-videos\">Immigration and the City in the Trump Era Milwaukee Summit Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"51ÁÔÆæ Milwaukee Summit 2018: Immigration and the City in the Trump Era\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sinx3CZBpmI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Maier Fund, Cultures and Communities Program, Institute of World Affairs (IWA), Center for International Education, Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), the Center for Economic Development, and the College of Letters and Science. It was open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Immigration and the City in the Trump EraImmigrant Rights, Advocacy, and Communities in Milwaukee The 12th Annual Henry W. 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