ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the governance of migration in two of North America’s most superdiverse cities: Toronto and New York. Though both are immigrant gateways, they vary sharply in political culture, systems of governance and, perhaps most starkly, in regard to their geopolitical environments. Toronto operates within a nation-state that today vocally welcomes and celebrates its superdiversity. By contrast, New York City is operating within a nation-state that seems poised to villainise superdiversity. This chapter compares and contrasts these two cities, and explores the implications of these divergent geopolitical environments for the governance of superdiversity.
