Episode 7: Coming to America, Then and Now

Episode 7: Coming to America, Then and Now

This episode takes a comprehensive look at the first year and a half of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. How different or similar are the policies and actions we’re seeing today compared with earlier times in U.S. history? What do these scores of changes add up to? Show Notes Unleashing Power in New Ways: Immigration

Season 2, Episode 6: Supreme Court

This episode looks at two cases that the Supreme Court heard in March and April of this year: Noem v. Al Otro Lado and Trump v. Barbara. They’re significant cases that address very different aspects of immigration and citizenship. Show Notes Immigration and Nationality Act section 208, 8 U.S. Code section 1158 Government brief in

Season 2, Episode 5: Immigration Detention

This episode looks at immigration detention in the second Trump administration. The administration has been greatly expanding detention facilities by buying warehouses to be converted into eight large-scale detention facilities, with the goal of having these facilities operational by the end of September of this year. The administration intends to use military procurement to speed

Season 2, Episode 4: Rights in the Era of ICE Raids

This episode reflects on immigration enforcement in the United States from the perspective of civil liberties, assessing the broader implications of contemporary enforcement practices for constitutional rights and the rule of law. Show Notes Episode Transcript The Alien Enemy Act: History and Potential Use to Remove Members of International Criminal Cartels Enemy Aliens Act 2025

Season 2, Episode 3: 'I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives.'

Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, “I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives” and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment. Please note: this episode begins