This Week in Immigration
Episodes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.