The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, the Institute of Latin American Studies, and the Department of Political Science at Columbia University present:
Insights from the US-Mexico Border: Migration Policy and Its Human Dimensions
Event Details:
February 19, 2026
4:00pm-5:00pm
802 International Affairs Building
With Astrid Liden, Rhodes Scholar, MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies, Hope Border Institute, University of Oxford
Moderated by V. Page Fortna, Harold Brown Professor of US Foreign and Security Policy; Chair, Department of Political Science; Member, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Description:
What does the current immigration enforcement landscape look like from the ground? Astrid Liden (BA Political Science and Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Columbia College; MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies and MPP, Oxford University), Communications Officer at the Hope Border Institute, joins us from El Paso, Texas, to share insights based on her ongoing work on both sides of the U.S-Mexico border. Liden will discuss the evolving policy landscape, its consequences for migrant communities, and the range of local, national, and regional responses shaping the current dynamics.
