Nation of Immigrants

Today we discuss what to expect in U.S. immigration in the coming year. We'll round out our discussion by touching on the potential economic impact of current U.S. immigration policy.

The Trump Administration's public charge rule gets an update in a new appeals court ruling from the 9th circuit. The opinion addresses public charge, and repeals the injunction issued by the 9th circuit. While the public charge rule is still subject to injunctions in other circuits, the opinion itself says a lot about the state of immigration law today and the role of our three branches of governm...

In this somber episode of Nation of Immigrants, immigration attorney Jacob Tingen reflects on the death of Carlos Hernandez, a Guatemalan teenager whose death inside an immigration detention center was caught on video.

Today in Nation of Immigrants we talk about using correct vocabulary in the immigration debate. Attorney Jacob Tingen tackles some articles online that advocate the use of terms like "illegal" immigrant, and why we should seek to elevate what we say, and how we say things, in the immigration debate.

In today's episode of Nation of Immigrants, we discuss a series of new or proposed regulations coming out of the Trump Administration that make it harder than ever for immigrants to come legally to the U.S. What these rules show is the extent to which the executive branch of government can go to change immigration law and policy, and how it leads to increasingly unfair and unpopular results. Congr...

A new article today discusses the proportion of immigrants being held in detention that actually have criminal records. Today in Nation of Immigrants we discuss why those immigrants being held in jail, why they aren't getting released on bond, and how that leads to fewer deportations under the Trump administration as compared to the Obama administration.

Today in Nation of Immigrants, Attorney Jacob Tingen discusses the latest proposed Trump rule which would impact the ability of asylum applicants to work while waiting for their asylum hearing. We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of immigrants having work authorization, and what kind of impact this might have on those who have an asylum application pending.

Today we're going to tackle two immigration headlines dealing with law and policy in the U.S. The first article we'll look at is about directly preventing a piece of the Trump administration's policy on immigrants from going into effect, while the other is a response to Trump's policies.

Earlier this week headlines broke about another court ruling blocking another piece of the Trump administration's efforts to prevent poorer immigrants from entering the U.S. Today in Nation of Immigrants, Jacob Tingen talks about the court ruling, and a few other health and immigration related headlines.

Today in Nation of Immigrants we tackle a smorgasbord of issues including the impact of Trump's border policy, enforcement priorities, false claims in World Series' advertisements, and the outright deletion of important court data.

Today we'll come back to our discussion of Attorney General certification. Last Friday, Attorney General Bill Barr issued two more opinions that impact the discretion of Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals to approve certain forms of relief for immigrants in removal proceedings. We'll take a close look at the decisions in Matter of Castillo-Perez and Matter of Thomas and Matter...

Today we discuss aggressive immigration enforcement tactics from the Trump administration, from implementing wide-ranging laws to withholding funds and federal, Attorney Jacob Tingen discusses the impact of the Trump administration's aggressive posture on immigration.

Today in Nation of Immigrants we tackle recent headlines about six-figures fines against immigrants from ICE, a lack of coordination in government agencies, and an allegation of rape against an ICE officer from an undocumented immigrant. How is the U.S. coping with the aftermath of hardline immigration policies?

Today we continue our discussion about U.S. immigration courts and how external pressures lead to changing and narrowing standards in our immigration courts. We're gonna spend a lot of time on Attorney General certification, and what that means for immigrants in removal proceedings.

Today we're covering how the immigration courts are organized, and how the Executive Branch of Government (the Trump Administration) is able to wield so much power in how immigration judges carry out their duties.

What's happening in U.S. immigration courts? For border courts in particular, it's not entirely clear. Today's episode marks a series of episodes about our immigration courts, what works well, what's broken, and how the Trump administration is responding to continuing record levels of immigrants at our southern border. Barring a groundbreaking immigration event, we'll spend the next several episod...

Since the very first episode of Nation of Immigrants we've been talking about the public charge rule announced by the Trump administration. It's clearly been a very important topic to immigrants and their families, podcast followers, and other site visitors. Today, a Federal Judge in the Southern District of New York issued a nationwide injunction to prevent the new public charge rule from taking...

Sanctuary City! Illegal Immigrant! Public Charge! What do these terms mean? And how do different sides to this debate use these terms.

In today's episode we discuss a recent case in the headlines where ICE detained a U.S. citizen high schooler, and then placed him in removal proceedings. How often does this happen? What are the consequences for ICE? For the U.S. Citizen? Jacob Tingen answers these questions and more in this episode of Nation of Immigrants.

It's another day with another new immigration policy in the U.S. immigration debate. The Trump administration has issued a new policy aimed at immigrants his administration believes could become a public charge, and we also discuss Apple's amicus brief in the upcoming DACA case before the Supreme Court.

A lot has been happening in immigration news lately. Attorney Jacob Tingen discusses several of the policies that have been proposed and talks about the human element of immigration.

Today we discuss some recent court decisions that prevent the Trump administrations immigration enforcement efforts from going into effect. We also talk about why the courts are doing so much in the area of immigration, and why we should all be grateful for an independent judiciary.

Today we discuss "catch and release," what this policy is, and why the Trump administration is "ending" it. This policy is related to the Remain in Mexico initiative and is another step in the Trump Administration's plans to limit asylum for people fleeing from Central America.

Immigrants sometimes show up to immigration court with documents saying they have to appear in court that day, but they don't actually have a hearing. Why is this happening? And how widespread is this practice? Today in Nation of Immigrants, immigration attorney Jacob Tingen discusses some of the current problems immigrants face when it comes to procedural fairness in immigration court.

Today in Nation of Immigrants we discuss why the Trump Administration has set up tent immigration courts at the U.S.-Mexico border, and what that means for asylum seekers and their lawyers.