By Kian Tajbakhsh, Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University and Fellow with Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought
Published on Tales of My Two Cities on June 30, 2022
Scholar Kian Tajbakhsh argues that democracy’s future depends on “striking the right balance between domestic cohesion, rule of law and global justice for migrants.” Following a meeting at the United Nations in June, the article examines how democracy and authoritarianism influence the treatment of immigrants in both New York City and Tehran. Tajbakhsh writes: “How each of these cities is dealing with immigrants – and crucially those without legal residency permits – tells us something important about the differences as well as overlaps in how they are governed and experienced by their residents.”