This Week In Immigration

On this week’s episode, host Hanadi Jordan speaks with Theresa Cardinal Brown and BPC Action Managing Director Laura Hall about the president’s budget, the budget and appropriations process and why it matters for immigration policy, as well as the details of what President Biden proposed for immigration. Is there a federal budget for “immigration” as a whole? What makes it so hard for Congress to pass the federal budget on time? And will the divided Congress support President Biden’s immigration priorities? Theresa and Laura break it all down.

On this week’s episode Theresa Cardinal Brown fills in for Hanadi Jordan who is out this week.  We dive into the state of the American workforce and how immigration plays into it with Ben Gitis, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Associate Director for economic and workforce policy. We talk about a recent Morning Consult survey for BPC on high-skilled immigration, the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the state of employment, unemployment and how we define labor shortages.  We also talk about immigrants in the labor force, high-skilled and lesser skilled immigration, and what may be keeping immigrants and Americans from getting back into the labor market post-COVID.

In today’s edition of “This Week in Immigration,” we catch listeners up on the latest news dominating the immigration space. Podcast regular Theresa Cardinal Brown addresses the removal of Title 42 from the Supreme Court’s argument calendar and how the Biden administration has been prepping for the fall of the public health order. Then, we walk through the president’s immigration comments during the State of the Union address and immigration bills floating through the halls of Congress.

On this Valentine’s Day episode of This Week in Immigration we explore some of the immigration challenges faced by binational couples and their families both in the United States and in Mexico with Tran Dang of the Rhizome Center for Migrants and Tony Payan of the Rice University Baker Institute. Then we do a round of “fact or fiction” to tackle myths about getting a green card by marriage, many of which have been part of Hollywood films such as The Proposal and Green Card. Joining us in this myth busting exercise is Jeremy McKinney, the current elected president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

In this episode of This Week in Immigration we focus once again on the US-Mexico border.  First, Hanadi Jordan speaks with David Stout, a county commissioner from El Paso County Texas, and chair of the National Association of Counties’ Immigration Reform Task Force to get the local perspective on the situation at the border, what counties like El Paso are doing to manage the arrivals of immigrants, the recent visits to El Paso of President Biden and a bipartisan group of Senators and what he thinks needs to be done.  Next, Theresa Cardinal Brown interviews Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy Institute about the issue of migration in the hemisphere, US-Mexico cooperation at the North American Leader’s Summit and what else needs to be done to manage what is an increasingly complex issue for all the countries of Latin America.  This episode was recorded on January 20 and January 24, 2023.   Follow @BPC_Bipartisan on Twitter, and see more of our work at www.bipartisanpolicy.org/immigration .

Happy New Year! This Week in Immigration starts off the new year by looking back at the lame duck Congress of 2022, and how immigration issues fared, and a brief look at what the long set of votes for Speaker of the House might mean for the prospects of immigration legislation in the new congress. We then chat with Christopher Sands of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Canada Institute about the North American Leaders Summit between Canada, Mexico and the United States, immigration issues between Canada and the U.S. and what Canada might do to assist with the challenge of migration in the hemisphere.  We also welcome new TWII host, Hanadi Jordan to the podcast.  This episode was recorded on January 11, 2023.

In our annual year-end wrap-up, we are joined by Ellen Gilmer, senior reporter at Bloomberg Government, Michelle Hackman, reporter at the Wall Street Journal, Camilo Montoya-Galvez, reporter at CBS News, and podcast regular Theresa Cardinal Brown to break down this year’s top immigration stories. We delve into Title 42, DACA, the courts’ impact on immigration policy, Ukrainian refugees, migrant busing, and more. A note for listeners: this episode was recorded on December 7, 2022.

In this week’s special Thanksgiving episode, we continue our tradition of looking at this most American of holidays from the perspectives of new Americans. Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by Anya McMurray, President and COO of Welcome.US, to talk about how America has welcomed diverse immigrants over the last two years, from Afghans, to Ukrainians, to Venezuelans, to the people of New York City and Martha’s Vineyard who welcomed migrants bussed there from the border. Then, we welcome Lucija Bebek, BPC’s spring immigration intern, who shares her own immigrant Thanksgiving story.   If you are interested in the work of welcome.us, please find their website here: https://welcome.us/.   This podcast can also be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

In this week’s episode, we’re breaking down the midterms, and what they might mean for the issue of immigration. Theresa Cardinal Brown is joined by Laura Hall, the managing director of BPC Action, and Casey Christine Higgins, Senior Counsel at Akin Gump to chat about how the issue of immigration played in the midterms, what the election might signal about lame duck legislation on immigration, and how the next Congress might approach immigration. The episode was recorded on Wednesday, November 9, before all the races had been called, so we explored multiple different scenarios of House and Senate control and their impact on possible immigration legislation.

In this week’s episode, we discuss the Biden administration’s new parole program for Venezuelans – the details of the program and who qualifies, the reasoning behind the program, how the dynamics at the border affect this program and possible future programs modeled after it, and how the program might inform the future of the resettlement regime. Yael Schacher, Director for the Americas and Europe at Refugees International, Matthew La Corte, Government Affairs Manager for Immigration Policy at the Niskanen Center, and Theresa Brown, This Week in Immigration regular, join to discuss.   This podcast can also be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Want to listen to more podcasts focused on immigration? You can find all episodes here.

In this week’s episode, we take the show on the road, recording live from the Un-Convention 2022 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Hannah Tyler and Theresa Cardinal Brown interview delegates at the Un-Convention to get their thoughts on immigration, and are joined by special guests John Wood Jr., a national leader for Braver Angels, Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee chair and Maryland Lieutenant Governor, and Nick Troiano, Executive Director of Unite America. John talks about how to have more constructive conversations about controversial topics like immigration; Michael discusses how much has changed for Republicans on the issue of immigration in the last decade; and Nick shares his thoughts on how to address the growing partisan divide on immigration.   The Un-Convention Un-Convention 2022 (full video) DACA Episode   This podcast can also be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Want to listen to more podcasts focused on immigration? You can find all episodes here.

In this week’s episode, we’re focusing on DACA, as the program and its recipients wait for a decision on the program’s legality from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. We’ll welcome Niña Ledonio, BPC’s Corporate Relations Manager and a DACA recipient, to talk about the program’s impact on her life. This Week in Immigration regular, Theresa Cardinal Brown, will then join to talk through the policy side of DACA, walking us through the Biden administration’s recent final rule and the maze of litigation that DACA faces. Finally, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, the President of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, will join us to discuss the Afghan Adjustment Act. 

In this week’s episode, we’re going across the pond to talk about the United Kingdom’s approach to immigration, and how that approach might change with the election of a new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, the appointment of a new Cabinet, and the sad news of the Queen’s passing. We’ll welcome three guests – Liz Mair, a British-American political and communications consultant; Cris Ramón, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst; and Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor at The Times UK.

In this week’s episode, we’re focusing on immigration and the workforce, specifically the role that legal immigration reform can play in reshaping our nation’s workforce in the short- and long-term. Theresa Cardinal Brown, BPC’s Managing Director of Immigration and Cross-border Policy, will be joined by Ben Gitis, Associate Director of the Economic Policy Project at BPC, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum.

In this week’s episode, BPC's Director of Migration and Cross-Border Policy, Theresa Cardinal Brown, joins for a “newsy” episode focused on the latest in immigration. We’ll highlight some of the major happenings in the immigration world, including the end of MPP, high-skilled immigration and the CHIPS ACT, the collapse of the legal immigration system, and child separation. Discussed on the show: https://borderlines.substack.com/p/immigration-system-creaks-under-its?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/trump-administration-family-separation-policy-immigration/670604/

On this episode of This Week in Immigration, we're re-releasing a conversation between BPC’s Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy Theresa Cardinal Brown and Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán, who served as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013 under President Felipe Calderon. 

In this episode, we’re sharing snippets from our recent Twitter Spaces discussion, "Real Solutions for the Border," that discussed bipartisan solutions to address the situation at the border. Michelle Hackman, an immigration reporter at The Wall Street Journal, moderated the discussion. The panelists included Cris Ramón, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst; Laura Collins, Director at the Bush Institute- SMU Economic Growth Initiative; Danilo Zak, Policy & Advocacy Manger at the National Immigration Forum, and Theresa Cardinal Brown, managing director of immigration and cross-border policy at BPC.

In this episode, we’re discussing the role of the Supreme Court in shaping immigration policy with Theresa Cardinal Brown and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Policy Director at the American Immigration Council. Specifically, we’ll highlight some the major Supreme Court cases that were adjudicated during this term and how they are affecting the immigration system. We’ll also cover DACA in the lower court focusing on what we might see if DACA is overturned.

In this episode, we’re sharing highlights from our June 13 webinar that discussed our most recent report, “Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Economic Potential and Obstacles to Success.” The report and accompanying webinar examine who immigrant entrepreneurs are, what types of businesses they start, and what obstacles they face. The panelists included Cris Ramón, Global and U.S. Immigration Policy Researcher and Analyst; Christina da Silva, Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs Officer at the City of Dallas; Dane Stangler, Director of Strategic Initiatives at BPC; and Adrian Bota, co-founder and CEO of Origin Milk and an immigrant entrepreneur. The event was moderated by Theresa Cardinal Brown, Managing Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy at BPC.

In this episode, a discussion about the importance of immigration to maintaining American competitiveness; specifically, we’ll talk about the startup visa, currently in the House version of the COMPETES Act, and being negotiated as part of the Bipartisan Innovation Act. Dane Stangler, the Director of Strategic Initiatives at BPC, joins to discuss. BPC regular Theresa Brown then covers the immigration news of the last few weeks, focusing on the Summit of the Americas and Title 42 happenings.