Presentation
This book aims to establish a dialogue around the various “urban sanctuary” policies and other formal or informal practices of hospitality toward migrants that have emerged or been strengthened in cities in the Americas in the last decade. The authors articulate local governance initiatives in migrant protection with a larger range of social and political actors and places them within a broader context of migrations in the Western Hemisphere (including case studies of Toronto, New York, Austin, Mexico City, and Lima, among others). The book analyzes in particular the limits of local efforts to protect migrants and to identify the latitude of action at the disposal of local actors. It examines the efforts of municipal governments and also considers the role taken by cities from a larger perspective, including the actions of immigrant rights associations, churches, NGOs, and other actors in protecting vulnerable migrants.
Table of contents
Introduction
Laurent Faret & Hilary Sanders
Part 1
EXPERIMENTS IN SANCTUARY POLICY IN NORTH AMERICA
Tucson, Arizona : The Politics of Immigration-Welcoming Policy in a Near-Border City
James Cohen
From “Safety Zone” to “Welcoming City”: Austin, Texas as an Unfinished Urban Sanctuary
Rocio A. Castillo
A Ship Without a Captain : Political Disengagement and the Failings of Sanctuary City Policy in Toronto, Canada
Graham Hudson
“A Responsible and Committed City”: Montréal’s Sanctuary Policy
Idil Atak
New Pathways to Sanctuary in New York City
Hilary Sanders
Part 2
NASCENT POLICIES OF PROTECTION IN LATIN AMERICA
Sello Migrante or Restrictive Hospitality : The Case of the Commune of Quilicura in Santiago de Chile
Claudia Arellano Yévenes & Cristián Orrego Rivera
Has Mexico City Truly Become a Ciudad hospitalaria ? Insights from the Experience of Central American Migrants
Laurent Faret
Hostility, Humanitarianism, and Radical Solidarity with Migrants in Tijuana, Mexico
Dolores París Pombo &Verónica Montes
A Sanctuary City ? San Jose’s Immigrant Reception and Social Integration Policies
Abelardo Morales-Gamboa
Lima as a Welcoming City for Venezuelan Migrants ? Transformations, Tensions, and Challenges in a New Urban Destination
Isabel Berganza Setién & Cécile Blouin
Conclusion
Laurent Faret & Hilary Sanders