This week Guy Lawson joins us to talk about the ongoing drug war in Mexico. Guy is a journalist and author who covered the subject extensively for Rolling Stone. Even though his work on the...
Wow, what a week in immigration. Last week Matthew and I talked about Donald Trump and how his whole existence teeters between “depressing” and “hilarious.” I’ve decided to quantify this with an official DONALD SCALE…
This week the one and only Erwin Chemerinsky joins us to talk about Evenwel v. Abbott, a Supreme Court case with huge implications for the immigrant community. Professor Chemerinsky was very kind, and (spoiler alert)...
On this week’s Redirect, Immigration Law and Perspectives, we discuss Obama’s huge victories (that he had nothing to do with) and his longstanding, steadfast support of LBGT issues. Like that time he was running for...
This week Matthew Kolken (aka “The Smart Matthew”) joins us to talk about AILA National and the key note address delivered by Cecilia Munoz.
Matthew Archambeault, Philadelphia, PA– The American Immigration Lawyers Association, AILA, invited Cecilia Munoz to be our keynote speaker at our annual convention. I just noticed I wrote “our” but there is good reason for it….
We learn some important things this week. Stephen Manning joins us to talk about activism as attorneys. It turns out there’s lots of ways to help, so why not do your part? You can always...
The Golden Cantaloupe is a prestigious award handed out every two weeks to a presumably serious person who says the most offensive, ignorant, and preferably hilarious thing about immigration. The patron saint of the Golden…
Cesar Garcia Hernandez (www.crimmigration.com) and Bryan Johnson (http://amjolaw.com) join us to talk about for-profit detention in the immigration context. We celebrate the arrival of the OBAMNESTY! (TM), and when you debunk Rick Santorum it only...
America is addicted to lots of things. There’s football, for starters. Fast food. Patting itself on the back. Oh, and locking people up. Typically when you hear folks cheer, “We’re number one!” they don’t follow…