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Title 42
What is Title 42? How does Title 42 work in practice? How has Title 42 affected the number of people arriving and being apprehended at the border? Is what's happening ...
Immigration Agencies: Who does what?
What are the major government agencies that deal with immigration? Is there a single US government agency that deals with immigration? What is USCIS, ICE, and Border P...
Immigrant Farmworkers
How many immigrants work in agriculture? Why are so many farmworkers undocumented? What is the process for a farm to legally hire a temporary H2-A visa farmworker? Wha...
Children and Family Separation
Who is considered an unaccompanied minor? What are the potential outcomes for a child who comes to the border? What exactly is "Family Separation" at the border? What ...
Immigration Detention
What is immigration detention? Who is in immigration detention and how long do people stay there? What is detention like? What are the possible outcomes for someone in...
Defenses Against Removal
What does it mean to be in removal proceedings? Are there priorities for who should be removed from the US? What is a "defense against removal?" Does everyone have the...
Work Visas and Labor Certifications
What is a labor market test or labor certification and why is it important? What types of businesses use labor certifications? How does the labor certification process...
Immigration by the Numbers: A Look at the Data
Who is TRAC and where do they get their data about immigrants? What does the data actually say about some common generalizations about immigrants? How many immigrants ...
Remain in Mexico (Migrant Protection Protocols)
What is the Remain in Mexico policy or the Migrant Protection Protocols? When did it begin? Who does it affect? How many people are under this program? What are the "p...
Enforcement Basics
What type of law is broken when someone arrives in the US without documentation? Who enforces immigration law and how? How much does the US spend on immigration enforc...
Becoming a Citizen
How does someone get from being undocumented to becoming a citizen? What is the process? When does someone get a social security card and pay taxes? Can earned citizen...
Specialty Visas: Victims of Violence
A discussion of the visas available to non-citizen victims of violence: U-Visas, VAWA, T-Visas, TPS. Who is eligible for these visas? How long do they last? How many a...
Asylum 101
What is asylum? How does someone begin the process of seeking asylum and what do they have to prove? What are the wait times and fees? Is asylum a permanent status? Gu...
Immigration Court
Why is immigration court an important topic? How does it function and what is it's purpose? Guest: Rebecca Kitson, Immigration Attorney at Rebecca Kitson Law
Introduction to Work Visas
What are employment-based visas? What are industries that use work visas? What are the costs and limits? Guest: Michael G. Bailey, Immigration Attorney
DACA
What is DACA? How does DACA work? What is the DREAM Act? Guests: Carlos Rodríguez and Shalini Thomas, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC)
The Border
What is the southern US/Mexico border like? Who guards the border and where should people cross? What are some potential outcomes for someone trying to cross the borde...
Family Immigration: "Chain migration," wait times, and "anchor babies"
Who can come to the US on a family visa? How long does it take? What is chain migration? Guest: Luis Rojo, Immigration Attorney
Family Immigration 2: Marriage visas, denials, and costs
Marriage visas, why a family-based visa would be denied, and costs. Guest: Luis Rojo, Immigration Attorney
Who can come?
Who can come to the US as an immigrant? How long does it take? Does it cost? Guest: Nubia Torres, Director of Immigration Legal Services at Catholic Charities Dallas.