This Week in Immigration

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown delves into the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn the 40-year old judicial doctrine of deferen c e to executive agencies that has been defining American administrative law, and the imp acts for U.S. immigration policy and practice . with two distinguished guests : J.D. Rackey , Senior Policy Analyst at the Bipartisan Policy...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown delves into the recent Mexican presidential election and its implications for U.S. immigration policy with three distinguished guests . Joining us are Andrew Selee , President of the Migration Policy Institute, José Díaz Briseño , a U.S.-based reporter for the Mexican newspaper REFORMA, and Pulitzer-prize winning freelance journalis...

In this week's episode, BPC Associate Director Jack Malde interviews the Director of BPC's Congress Project John Richter and BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown about a recent bipartisan visit to the southern border. The visit , arranged as part of BPC's American Congressional Exchange (ACE) program, brought six members of Congress to the border to better understand the urgent challenges and...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown talk s with Michael Clemens , professor of e conomics at George Mason University , who has studied the economic causes and effects of migration all over the world. His latest research , based on detailed examination of border crossing data , shows that offering more lawful pathways to immigrants reduces unlawful border crossings. We...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Associate Director   Jack Malde chat with Jason Wendle , an expert in migration and labor mobility . We speak about various initiatives that Jason is involved in that facilitate migration from lower-income to higher-income countries by increasing the use of existing migratory pathways. Such initiatives can benefit those on the m...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde chat with Alexander Kustov , an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte . We discuss Professor Kustov's research on how we might, or might not, be able to shift public opinion in the United States to increase support for immigration. One promising...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde chat with Camille Mackler , the Founder and Executive Director of Immigrant ARC (I-ARC), a collaborative of over 80 legal service providers in New York State. I-ARC works with community leaders, legal service providers, state and local governments, law enforcement agencies, and Federal agencies a...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde chat with Michael D. Lumpkin , the Chief of Staff for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , or "ICE " . We discuss the missions of ICE, the various challenges facing ICE including budgetary constraints , and its efforts to address the unprecedented number of arrivals at the US-Mexico border...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde discuss the role that recent high levels of immigration have played in driving the economy . They then welcome BPC Associate Director Emerson Sprick to discuss the role that increased immigration can play in securing Social Security solvency.  

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde do a deep dive into the claim , made by several Republicans , that President Biden can use his executive power to solve the border crisis without Congress .   

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde chat with Ann Oliva , CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness , and Francis Torres , a Senior Policy Analyst in Housing Policy at BPC , about homelessness in the U.S . We cover the scale of the issue, its causes , the extent to which immigration has exacerbated the issue, and the vital s...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown talks us through the recent failed bipartisan border deal. Then, Theresa and Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde chat to Policy Analyst Arianna Fano about a new BPC report examining the barriers immigrant families face in the take-up of tax credits. The Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) are crucial anti-poverty...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown chats with Mark Hetfield , President & CEO at HIAS and Claire Holba , an Immigration Policy Fellow at the Niskanen Center, about the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program. Mark tells us about the experience and challenges of refugee resettlement agencies on the ground, while Claire dives into the data around the Resettlement Program, hi...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown runs through the latest negotiations on Capitol Hill for a potential border security deal. If Congress fails to reach a deal, we could see a government shutdown. Then, Theresa and BPC Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde interview Lindsay Milliken, an immigration fellow at the Institute for Progress, who is lead author of a new report d...

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown chat s with three exceptional national and local immigration reporters to understand what it's like to cover immigration at a time of rising migration , increased humanitarian challenges, and a polarized political climate . Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News , Maria Sacchetti of the Washington Post and Uriel Garcia of the Texas Tribu...

In this week's episode, new host Jack Malde chats with four Distinguished Immigration Scholars at Cornell Law School on their new white paper "Immigration Reform: A Path Forward". Stephen Yale-Loehr , Randel Keith Johnson , Charles Kamasaki , and BPC's very own Theresa Cardinal Brown take us through important reforms to border management and asylum policy, worker programs, and DREAMer protections....

In this week's episode, guest host Theresa Cardinal Brown and BPC Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde discuss BPC's new report which quantifies the tremendous economic benefits on offer if Congress were to act to clear green card backlogs. Then, Theresa and Jack discuss new projections from the Census Bureau which show that the U.S. population is set to begin declining in the second half of this cent...

In this week's episode, host Hanadi Jordan and Theresa Cardinal Brown unpack President Biden's recent Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the efforts of the administration to attract and retain AI talent. Then, we rebroadcast clips from a past interview with economist, veteran and scholar  Tim Kane , who speaks about why America is "The Immigrant Superpower" (the title of his book)...

Economic Policy Program  Director  and former OMB official  Rachel Snyderman  joins  podcast host   Hanadi Jordan   and Senior Advisor  Theresa Cardinal Brown  to discuss President Biden's border wall plans  and whether he was legally obligated to expand the wall under  appropriations  allocated  in 2019.   Then ,  Theresa covers the  ACLU- Biden Administration 's  settlement  with the ACLU in a c...

Given recent efforts in Congress to avoid a government shutdown, this episode we are revisiting Episode 141 of This Week in Immigration, where Theresa Cardinal Brown and Laura Hall of BPC Action walk through the federal government's budget and appropriations process, how the immigration system is funded, and what happens in a government shutdown. 

In this week's episode, host Hanadi Jordan and Theresa Cardinal Brown discuss the federal government's lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbot over anti-migrant buoys and the growing tensions between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the Biden administration concerning migrant arrivals. Then, the pair discuss what a government shutdown means for DHS.  

Declining birth rates and an aging population present a serious demographic problem for the U.S. with long-term economic consequences. BPC Research Analyst  Justis Antonioli  and Associate Director of Economic Policy  Ben Gitis  join the podcast to discuss BPC's latest report,  The Demographic Transition: An Overview of America's Aging Population and Immigration's Mediating Role , which examines r...

On today's episode, we feature audio from our most recent event on challenges with the current legal immigration system and potential pathways for reform. Moderated by Bloomberg Law's Andrew Kreighbaum , Jon Baselice with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Martin Kim with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, David Bier with Cato Institute, and Dip Patel with Improve The Dream assess issues raised...

In this episode we welcome Representative Salud Carbajal to tell us all about his bipartisan bill, the Protect Patriot Parents Act, which would make parents of U.S. military service members eligible for green cards, preventing potential deportations or separations of military families. After this, podcast regular Theresa Cardinal Brown  breaks down the latest border numbers and recent Biden admini...

To mark a very special podcast milestone—our 150 th episode—podcast regular Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) to discuss the Dignity Act. Then, Theresa and host Hanadi Jordan reflect on six years of the podcast. Featuring clips from some of our favorite episodes, we cover the highlights, the challenges, and hopes for the future!