It’s Not the Immigrants, It’s the Attack on US Workers
According to a new book by Ruth Milkman, the frequently heard argument that immigrants undercut wages and conditions for US workers gets it exactly ba...
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Conversations on immigration and refugees that go beyond the predictable soundbites. Join Alex Aleinikoff and guests for in-depth discussions on what's happening on the ground and how to understand current policy debates.
Coming to America: Flight, Rescue and Resettlement
Jessica Goudeau discusses her new book, After the Last Border, in which she tells the stories of two refugee women--Mu Naw from Myanmar and Hasna from...
The President and the power to regulate immigration: A conversation with Adam Cox and Cristina Rodriguez
Law professors Adam Cox (NYU) and Cristina Rodriguez (Yale) offer a revisionist view of presidential authority in their new book The President and Imm...
'The Shifting Border': A conversation with Ayelet Shachar
For migrants, the border is no longer just a physical place at the edge of a country: states have found ways to push their borders outward and collaps...
The immigrant-as-criminal narrative: A conversation with Alina Das
NYU Professor Alina Das discusses with Alex Aleinikoff her book No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants--a powerful critique of...
Entry Denied: COVID
How did COVID-19 provide the Trump Administration the ‘silver bullet’ to accomplish long-standing immigration goals that in fact had little to with th...
Entry Denied: Enforcement and Immigrant Communities
Trump immigration policies have spread fear through immigrant communities, threatening deportation of long-resident migrants and inflicting deep harms...
Entry Denied: DACA
Two Presidents have taken actions with dramatic consequences for more than 700,000 "Dreamers." Cecelia Munoz, domestic policy advisor to President Oba...
Entry Denied: Hector Tobar On Borders of Race
Author and journalist Hector Tobar joins Alex Aleinikoff and Deb Amos to discuss the how "the Wall" and Latino immigration are shaping understanding o...
Entry Denied: The Wall
How much of Trump's border wall has been built? Will it stop undocumented migration? What do people living in the border region think about it? Alex A...