Happy New Year! This Week in Immigration starts off the new year by looking back at the lame duck Congress of 2022, and how immigration issues fared, and a brief look at what the long set of votes for Speaker of the House might mean for the prospects of immigration legislation in the new congress. We then chat with Christopher Sands of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Canada Institute about the North American Leaders Summit between Canada, Mexico and the United States, immigration issues between Cana...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 136
In our annual year-end wrap-up, we are joined by Ellen Gilmer , senior reporter at Bloomberg Government , Michelle Hackman , reporter at the Wall Street Journal , Camilo Montoya-Galvez , reporter at CBS News , and podcast regular Theresa Cardinal Brown to break down this year’s top immigration stories. We delve into Title 42, DACA, the courts’ impact on immigration policy, Ukrainian refugees, migrant busing, and more. A note for listeners: this episode was recorded on December 7, 2022....
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 135
In this week’s special Thanksgiving episode, we continue our tradition of looking at this most American of holidays from the perspectives of new Americans. Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by Anya McMurray, President and COO of Welcome.US, to talk about how America has welcomed diverse immigrants over the last two years, from Afghans, to Ukrainians, to Venezuelans, to the people of New York City and Martha’s Vineyard who welcomed migrants bussed there from the border. Then, we welcome Lucija Beb...
Nov 28, 2022•35 min•Ep. 134
In this week’s episode, we’re breaking down the midterms, and what they might mean for the issue of immigration. Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by Laura Hall, the managing director of BPC Action, and Casey Christine Higgins, Senior Counsel at Akin Gump to chat about how the issue of immigration played in the midterms, what the election might signal about lame duck legislation on immigration, and how the next Congress might approach immigration. The episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 9...
Nov 14, 2022•40 min•Ep. 133
In this week’s episode, we discuss the Biden administration’s new parole program for Venezuelans – the details of the program and who qualifies, the reasoning behind the program, how the dynamics at the border affect this program and possible future programs modeled after it, and how the program might inform the future of the resettlement regime. Yael Schacher, Director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International, Matthew La Corte, Government Affairs Manager for Immigration Policy at t...
Oct 31, 2022•53 min•Ep. 132
In this week’s episode, we take the show on the road, recording live from the Un-Convention 2022 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Hannah Tyler and Theresa Cardinal Brown interview delegates at the Un-Convention to get their thoughts on immigration, and are joined by special guests John Wood Jr., a national leader for Braver Angels, Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee chair and Maryland Lieutenant Governor, and Nick Troiano, Executive Director of Unite America...
Oct 17, 2022•59 min•Ep. 131
In this week’s episode, we’re going across the pond to talk about the United Kingdom’s approach to immigration, and how that approach might change with the election of a new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, the appointment of a new Cabinet, and the sad news of the Queen’s passing. We’ll welcome three guests – Liz Mair, a British-American political and communications consultant; Cris Ramón, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst; and Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor at The Times UK....
Sep 19, 2022•46 min
In this week’s episode, we’re focusing on immigration and the workforce, specifically the role that legal immigration reform can play in reshaping our nation’s workforce in the short- and long-term. Theresa Cardinal Brown, BPC’s Managing Director of Immigration and Cross-border Policy, will be joined by Ben Gitis, Associate Director of the Economic Policy Project at BPC, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum.
Sep 05, 2022•30 min
In this week’s episode, BPC's Director of Migration and Cross-Border Policy, Theresa Cardinal Brown, joins for a “newsy” episode focused on the latest in immigration. We’ll highlight some of the major happenings in the immigration world, including the end of MPP, high-skilled immigration and the CHIPS ACT, the collapse of the legal immigration system, and child separation. Discussed on the show: https://borderlines.substack.com/p/immigration-system-creaks-under-its?utm_source=substack&utm_me...
Aug 22, 2022•50 min
On this episode of This Week in Immigration, we're re-releasing a conversation between BPC’s Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy Theresa Cardinal Brown and Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán, who served as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013 under President Felipe Calderon.
Aug 08, 2022•37 min
In this episode, we’re sharing snippets from our recent Twitter Spaces discussion, "Real Solutions for the Border," that discussed bipartisan solutions to address the situation at the border. Michelle Hackman, an immigration reporter at The Wall Street Journal, moderated the discussion. The panelists included Cris Ramón, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst; Laura Collins, Director at the Bush Institute- SMU Economic Growth Initiative; Danilo Zak, Policy & Advocacy Mange...
Jul 25, 2022•28 min
In this episode, we’re discussing the role of the Supreme Court in shaping immigration policy with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Policy Director at the American Immigration Council. Specifically, we’ll highlight some the major Supreme Court cases that were adjudicated during this term and how they are affecting the immigration system. We’ll also cover DACA in the lower court focusing on what we might see if DACA is overturned.
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, we’re sharing highlights from our June 13 webinar that discussed our most recent report, “Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Economic Potential and Obstacles to Success.” The report and accompanying webinar examine who immigrant entrepreneurs are, what types of businesses they start, and what obstacles they face. The panelists included Cris Ramón, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst; Christina da Silva, Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs Officer at the Ci...
Jun 27, 2022•32 min
In this episode, a discussion about the importance of immigration to maintaining American competitiveness; specifically, we’ll talk about the startup visa, currently in the House version of the COMPETES Act, and being negotiated as part of the Bipartisan Innovation Act. Dane Stangler, the Director of Strategic Initiatives at BPC, joins to discuss. BPC regular Theresa Brown then covers the immigration news of the last few weeks, focusing on the Summit of the Americas and Title 42 happenings....
Jun 13, 2022•58 min
The leak of the Supreme Court draft decision that would overturn the seminal Roe v. Wade abortion case has sent shockwaves through the country and raises questions and implications for other long-standing precedent Supreme Court decisions, including Plyler v. Doe, a 1982 decision that ruled that undocumented immigrant children could not be excluded from K through 12 public schools. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expressed interest in resurrecting the case and challenging the ruling. Leon Fresco,...
May 30, 2022•45 min
With everything happening on Capitol Hill and in the news about Title 42, this episode, we’re welcoming Laura Collins, the Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas, Texas, along with This Week in Immigration regular Theresa Cardinal Brown to break down exactly what Title 42 is, what is going on at the border now, and how we might better be able to manage the border in the future. Laura's column: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/opin...
May 16, 2022•36 min
We’re spending this episode talking to Timothy Kane, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, about his new book, "The Immigrant Superpower: How Brains, Brawn, and Bravery Make America Stronger," which book argues that immigration is central to the United States’ economic power and national security.
May 02, 2022•27 min
Theresa Cardinal Brown, Managing Director of BPC Immigration and Cross-Border Policy, starts off this episode by welcoming Casey Christine Higgins, BPC Immigration Fellow and Senior Counsel at Akin Gump, to discuss Title 42 and some of the legislative challenges its proposed takedown has raised. Theresa and host Hannah Tyler are then be joined by Dany Bahar, a professor at Brown and economist affiliated with Harvard and the Center for Global Development, among others, who joins to discuss his mo...
Apr 18, 2022•51 min
This week, we’re focusing on the immigration courts: specifically, the deep problems that we see in the immigration courts and attempts by some lawmakers to fix them. In the first half of the episode, we welcome Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California to discuss her Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022. Then we’ll be joined by Austin Kocher of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University and Greg Chen from the American Immigration Lawyers Association to discuss the curre...
Apr 04, 2022•34 min
In this week’s episode, host Hannah Tyler is joined by BPC Managing Director for Immigration and Cross-Border Policy Theresa Cardinal Brown for a “newsy” episode focused on the latest in immigration – discussing the new Bipartisan Border Technology Caucus in Congress, new border numbers and the new groups of people we’re seeing at the border, and the status of Title 42.
Mar 21, 2022•30 min
In this week’s episode, Theresa Cardinal Brown will be joined by Cris Ramon, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst, to discuss how Europe is responding to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. Also joining is Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, to talk about what policy avenues the United States has available to assist Ukrainians in the United States and those displaced because of this military action. Links: How to Help Re...
Mar 04, 2022•32 min
In this week’s episode, we’re discussing immigration and the workforce. Theresa Cardinal Brown will be joined by Jason Fichtner, Vice President and Chief Economist at BPC, to give an overview of labor and workforce trends. Julia Gelatt, Senior Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute will then join to discuss immigration’s specific impact on the workforce and labor trends.
Feb 21, 2022•32 min
In this week’s episode, we’re discussing the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and how immigration factors into it. BPC's Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy Theresa Brown is joined by Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán, who served as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013 under President Felipe Calderon.
Feb 07, 2022•37 min
We’re reviewing Biden’s first year in office, looking at the immigration issues he’s been faced with, and the policy decisions of his administration, and what we might expect in year two of his administration. Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by three immigration advocates: Jorge Lima, Senior Vice President of Policy at Americans for Prosperity, Todd Schulte, President of FWD.us, and Kerri Talbot, Deputy Director of the Immigration Hub.
Jan 24, 2022•51 min
In this week’s episode, we’re joined by BPC Fellow Casey Christine Higgins, Senior Counsel at Akin Gump and former Assistant for Policy and Trade Counsel for former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and This Week regular, Theresa Cardinal Brown to wrap up what happened (or didn’t) in immigration and in Congress at the end of last year and thinking about where things might go in 2022.
Jan 10, 2022•47 min
For this final episode of 2021, we’re looking back at the big inflection points and emerging trends from this past year. Our guests this week are Suzanne Monyak, who covers immigration and Congress at CQ Roll Call, and Dara Lind, who covers immigration policy for ProPublica and is a regular co-host of Vox’s “The Weeds” podcast. They’ll discuss big immigration headlines, the Biden administration's record on immigration, and underlying trends and patterns that we should be looking for next year....
Dec 20, 2021•43 min
In this week’s episode, host Blake Johnson is joined by Theresa Cardinal Brown to discuss the most recent immigration news, including travel restrictions related to the latest COVID variant, the status of immigration in reconciliation on Capitol Hill, and the restart of the Remain in Mexico policy. Then, BPC Fall Immigration Intern, Edvin Morales, joins to talk about the evolving politics of language in the immigration debate.
Dec 06, 2021•43 min
Every year millions of families across the country gather to celebrate that quintessential American holiday: Thanksgiving. It is a story of immigration. But how do the millions of recently-arrived immigrants to this country view this holiday? For this week’s episode, Theresa Cardinal Brown and Sadikshya Nepal are joined by Rachel Peric, Executive Director of Welcoming America, and several BPC staff members to discuss how families combine traditions to make this holiday their own.
Nov 22, 2021•31 min
In October, Customs and Border Protection released its official migrant numbers for fiscal year 2021 where reports showed U.S. authorities had detained migrants more than 1.7 million times along the border. In this week’s episode Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by Anna Giaritelli, Valerie Gonzalez, and Angela Kocherga, a panel of journalists with years of experience covering the border, migration, and DHS policy.
Nov 15, 2021•43 min
On this week’s episode, Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by guests Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of U.S. Immigration Policy at the Migration Policy Institute, and Ruth Wasem, BPC Fellow and Professor of Public Policy Practice at the University of Texas at Austin to discuss their new MPI report entitled “Toward A Better Immigration System: Fixing Immigration Governance at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.”
Nov 01, 2021•44 min
