This week we're joined by Matt Cameron (@matt_cam) and Andrew Free (@immcivilrights) to talk about furloughs at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and the critical role of FOIA. The #DetentionKills network published #FOIA records f...
This week we're joined by Amy Maldonado to talk about Trump's latest immigration ban, what's going on with DACA and USCIS, and the recent decision by SCOTUS. It's hard to keep up with all the changes, and I think that's the point.
This week we're joined by immigration attorney extraordinaire Luis Cortes to talk about his recent victory before the Supreme Court in the DACA case. The program survives, but what does it mean moving forward? Will the administration try to, you know, ...
This week we're joined by Valeria Gomez and Tanvi Misra to discuss the DOJ's efforts to purge the Board of Immigration Appeals, and proposed regulatory changes that would effectively end asylum protections in the U.S. Tanvi Misra (@tanvim) is an immig...
This week we're joined by Dulce Gutierrez to discuss the ongoing agricultural worker strikes in Central Washington. Dulce works at the Washington State Labor Council and has been helping to spread the word about the strikes on her Facebook page. Hundre...
This week Matthew and I discuss the ongoing protests against police brutality. Have the actions of Amy Cooper and the death of George Floyd served as a kind of tipping point? What reforms, if any, will come from this?
This week we're joined by Max Siegelbaum, Co-founding Editor and Senior Reporter at Documented, to talk about his experience covering the New York Immigration Courts.
This week Matthew and I talk about how people aren't grateful enough for how good things were just before they got bad. The Board of Immigration Appeals continues to pick fights with unrepresented individuals. Immigration laws, who is "legal" and who...
This week we're joined by Luis Cortes to discuss Trump's new Immigration Ban, meat packing plants, and trying to stagger our panic attacks so we can be there for each other.
This week Matthew and I talk about what's happening at the immigrant detention centers where symptomatic detainees are denied COVID-19 tests. We also talk about the upcoming election. It is possible to be completely void of enthusiasm for a Biden pres...