This Week In Immigration

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.

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.

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.   

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.

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.”

In this week’s episode we are joined by BPC regular Theresa Cardinal Brown with a closer look at the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship and its impact on immigration and border policy. Then, we feature an extended segment of The Gavel where we will discuss the recent litigation and case developments surrounding the Migration Protection Protocols; the Title 42 order; and Mexico’s role in both of those policies. Finally, we’ll close out the episode by covering the new ICE enforcement priorities memo.  

This week’s episode will cover the Senate parliamentarian ruling on immigration, the unfolding Haitian migrant emergency on our Southern border, and the newly proposed federal regulation on DACA. But first, a special guest interview with BPC’s Senior Vice President, Bill Hoagland, to help us understand the history of the Budget Reconciliation process and the Byrd Rule. 

On this episode, BPC Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy Theresa Cardinal Brown joins to reflect on how 9/11 shaped the American immigration system. Later, BPC Immigration Fellow Sadikshya Nepal, and BPC Action Managing Director Laura Hall join to review the Democrats immigration reform plan meant to be included in the reconciliation package. 

This week we’ll get an update on the situation with the Afghan refugees and the history of Special Immigrant Visas, featuring BPC Fellow Ruth Wasem. Then, we talk about the State Department’s visa backlogs and the risk wasting up to 100,000 green cards this year. And finally, a super-sized segment of the Gavel. 

BPC regulars Theresa Brown and Sadikshya Nepal discuss the unfolding refugee crisis in Afghanistan, the July border numbers, the new court ruling on the Migrant Protection Protocols program in Texas, new confirmations of officials to USCIS and ICE, and finally a brief progress update on Democrats’ budget reconciliation package in Congress.

It's officially episode 100 and we’re celebrating with some return guests and highlights. We’ll also touch on developments from the Biden administration: their new blueprint to address root causes of Central American migration and the indefinite extension of the Title 42 public health order, so stick around.  What To Know on Immigration: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/podcast/what-to-know-on-immigration/  

On this week’s episode, we begin with the Biden administration’s recent policy changes for H-1B visa petitions and what it means for the adjudication process within the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency. Then we break-down CBP's June report on encounters at the southwest border and the Texas district court’s decision against the DACA program. 

On this week’s episode, we are joined by special guest and BPC Fellow Ruth Wasem to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling on Temporary Protected Status and its ramifications for TPS holders across the United States. We’ll then turn to This Week regular Theresa Cardinal Brown for the latest updates on Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip to the southwest border.  

On This Week’s episode, we have a timely discussion of the newly published spring 2021 regulatory agenda, in which our regular This Week team analyzes and unpacks new regulations the various immigration agencies hope to promulgate. Finally, we turn to a discussion of the budget reconciliation process with special guest and BPC Action Managing Director Laura Hall.  

On this week’s episode, we discuss everything from President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request to the Vice President’s recent trip to Guatemala and Mexico, for which we are joined by special guest Eric Olson of the Seattle International Foundation. 

On This Week’s episode, we feature a special conversation in honor of Memorial Day. This Week regular Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by special guests Steve Miska and Dave Lapan. Steve, a retired Army Colonel, and Dave, a retired Marine Colonel, spend the episode discussing the work Iraqi and Afghan interpreters did for the United States military, the dangers they faced, and the efforts to get them visas to come to the US.

On this week’s episode, we have another special guest, Mark Greenberg of the Migration Policy Institute joining us to talk about the refugee admissions cap and explain the role the Office of Refugee Resettlement plays in overseeing the custody of unaccompanied migrant children in the United States. Then, we’ll have a conversation with This Week regular Theresa Cardinal Brown about Vice President Kamala Harris’s upcoming trip to Guatemala. 

On this week’s episode, special guest and BPC Fellow Ruth Wasem joins us to unpack President Biden’s recent, actions relating to the refugee admissions cap for 2021. Then, we’ll turn to the administration’s decision to increase the number of H-2B visas, and discuss the bipartisan immigration talks currently going on in the Senate. 

On this week’s episode, a timely discussion of the large increase unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Then, we turn to pending legislation adjusting the status of the undocumented and have a conversation on recent DHS nominations. Finally, we’ll conclude with a Gavel segment to talk about the recent lawsuits the Biden administration is facing.  

On This Week’s episode, we start with an update on recent discussions between the White House and Mexico on the current situation at the southwest border. Then, we’ll introduce today’s special guest Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Policy Counsel at the American Immigration Council, for a timely discussion of his research on asylum-seekers and how, despite common rhetoric, they do indeed appear for their immigration hearings.