This Week in Immigration

In this week episode, we kick off the new year with host Jordan LaPier, Theresa Cardinal Brown, and Cris Ramón as they discuss news about Mexican asylum applicants being removed to Guatemala, what data do we know about Remain in Mexico and its impact, why some migrants will be required to submit DNA samples at the border, and the news about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with an immigration spin to it.

To conclude 2019, host Jordan LaPier is joined by Theresa Cardinal Brown, Cris Ramón, and Laura Hall to recap the top immigration stories of 2019 and discuss 2020 expectations.

In this week's episode, Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramón have an in-depth discussion about a slew of recent court decisions in the never-ending stream of immigration litigation in a supersized edition of ‘The Gavel.’

Our own Theresa Cardinal Brown, sat down with the chairs of the Immigration Task Forces of the National Association of Counties, Bill Truex, from Charlotte County, Florida, and the National Conference of State Legislatures, Senator Mo Dennis from Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss their interest in immigration, their work with the NACO and NCSL task forces, and why its important that federal lawmakers hear from state and local officials on immigration issues.

In this week's episode, host Jordan LaPier sits down with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramón to discuss the potential consequences of the new USCIS rules for some migrants and the Supreme Court DACA case.

In this week’s episode, host Jordan LaPier sits down with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramón as they discuss the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's FY 2019 apprehension numbers, the debate over the bipartisan Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, and the Trump Administration’s extension of TPS for Salvadorans.

In this week’s episode, host Jordan LaPier sits down with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramón to discuss Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan’s resignation and a new presidential proclamation requiring Green Card applicants to secure health insurance before arriving to the United States. Our Litigation Corner segment covers the recent wave of lawsuits that have enjoined the Trump Administration’s public charge rule and ruled against the legality of its national emergency declaration to access funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

This week’s episode unveils a new segment for our program: The Litigation Corner. The regular segment will cover important developments over immigration policy litigation and breakdown their implications for U.S. immigration policy. Host Jordan LaPier also covers the Trump administration’s proposed refugee cap and newest sets of asylum cooperation agreements between the U.S. and El Salvador and Honduras with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramón.

After celebrating our 50th podcast, This Week in Immigration host Jordan LaPier returns with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramon to discuss the implications of the latest round of litigation against the Trump administration’s asylum policies, the outcome of U.S.-Mexico talks on migration enforcement, and the Trump Administration’s decision to not grant Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians in the United States.

This Week in Immigration celebrates its 50th episode with a super-sized recording that covers the present, past, and future of the immigration policy debate in the United States. Host Jordan LaPier and the podcast’s regular team of Theresa Cardinal Brown and Cris Ramón cover the debate’s current fault lines, how the immigration system has shaped these discussions, and where the debate is going in a polarized political environment