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This Week in Immigration

Bipartisan Policy Center

This Week in Immigration gives you a rundown of key immigration issues. Experts from the Bipartisan Policy Center discuss and analyze all that is new and noteworthy on immigration policy.

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Ep. 200: This Week in Immigration

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/10/27

In the 200th and final episode of "This Week in Immigration," host Jack Malde and BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown reflect on the Bipartisan Policy Center's decade-long involvement in immigration reform. Joined by Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, they discuss the achievements and challenges faced by the BPC's Immigration Task Force. The episode delves into the task force's efforts to propose bipartisan solutions, the impact of historical events on

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Ep. 199: Immigration Policy and the U.S. Economy

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/08/12

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Wendy Edelberg of the Brookings Institution and Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute to discuss their recent report, Immigration Policy and Its Macroeconomic Effects in the Second Trump Administration. We explore how immigration policy choices, specifically enforcement and legal immigration restrictions, can shape long-term economic outcomes. Edelberg and Veuger break down how different immigration

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Ep. 198: Immigrants and Adults in the Workforce...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/07/28

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, senior fellow at the National Skills Coalition, to discuss the importance of our workforce development system, the urgent need to address skills gaps and the role that immigrants can play in meeting them. It’s a workforce-centric episode on This Week in Immigration. National Skills Coalition: https://nationalskillscoalition.org/ Amanda Bergson-Shilcock:

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Ep. 197: How Pro-Immigration Policies Can Win Public...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/07/01

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Morris Levy, associate professor of Political Science and International Relations at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, to explore a recent study he co-authored, Integration Policy Specifics and Public Support for Increasing Immigration. The study presents results from three survey experiments across nine liberal democracies to assess how public support for increasing immigration can shift depending

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Ep. 196: Has Congress Given Up on Bipartisan...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/06/10

In this week’s episode of This Week in Immigration, BPC Associate Director Jack Malde interviews Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Associate Director Emerson Sprick on their new report, Has Congress Given Up on Bipartisan Immigration Reform? A Data-Driven Look at Legislation Since 2015. The report challenges the narrative that Congress has abandoned bipartisan immigration reform by analyzing hundreds of immigration-related bills introduced with bipartisan support since the 114th Congress. We

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Ep. 195: How to Make Immigration Popular Through...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/05/20

This week, we’re re-releasing an episode from May 2024 featuring an interview with Alexander Kustov on his forthcoming book, In Our Interest: How to Make Immigration Popular. The book was recently published on April 29, 2025, making now an opportune time to revisit the conversation. In the episode, Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Associate Director Jack Malde speak with Kustov, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about his research on

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Ep 194: What Would a New Birthright Citizenship Rule...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/05/07

In this week’s episode of This Week in Immigration, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown discusses the implications of a recent executive order that has sought to limit birthright citizenship in the United States. Immigration attorney and MacArthur Fellow Margaret Stock explains what current law says about who qualifies for U.S. citizenship, drawing on her years of experience helping U.S. citizens document the citizenship of children born abroad. She also discusses the challenges U.S. parents

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Ep. 193: What Do the Latest Administration Actions...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/04/22

In this week's episode of This Week in Immigration, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown discusses the Trump administration's actions to rescind foreign students' status in the U.S. with two experts. Steve Springer from NAFSA explains the roles of educational institutions, students, and the government in maintaining student status and the implications of recent changes on international education in the U.S. Then, immigration attorney Charles (Chuck) Kuck talks about his lawsuit against the

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Ep. 192: Healthcare Workforce Shortages and...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/04/08

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown interviews Associate Director Jack Malde about BPC’s new report Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade. The report uses a data-driven approach to identify the occupations and industries at the highest risk of workforce shortages over the next decade, with healthcare leading the list. Then, Jack interviews Cassandra Zimmer-Wong, Immigration Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center, about her report investigating

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Ep. 191: Fixing the H-1B Lottery

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/03/28

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Angelo Paparelli, a long-time immigration law expert, and Jeremy Neufeld from the Institute for Progress to discuss the H-1B visa lottery system. They explore the history of the lottery, recent policy changes, and ongoing reform debates, including Jeremy’s proposal for a compensation-based model that prioritizes higher-paid positions. Tune in for an in-depth look at the future of high-skilled immigration policy.

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Ep. 190: Estimating the Unauthorized Immigrant...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/03/11

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Robert Warren from the Center for Migration Studies, Jeffrey Passel from the Pew Research Center, and Jennifer Van Hook from the Migration Policy Institute to discuss methodologies used to estimate the unauthorized immigrant population, the recent trends in those estimates, and how they are used and understood (or misunderstood) in public policy debates. Center for Migration Studies: US Undocumented Population

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49:52

Ep. 189: How to Fix High-Skilled Immigration to...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/02/25

In this week’s episode, Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown sits down with Dr. Adam Ozimek, Chief Economist at the Economic Innovation Group, and Connor O’Brien, Research and Policy Analyst at EIG, to explore their latest report, Exceptional by Design: How to Fix High-Skilled Immigration to Maximize American Interests. They discuss the economic benefits of high-skilled immigration, challenge common misconceptions shaping current policy debates, and outline reforms needed to ensure the United

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Ep. 188: BPC’s Commission on the American Workforce...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/02/11

In this week’s episode, Associate Director Jack Malde talks to Executive Vice President of Human Capital, Cheryl Oldham, about BPC’s recently launched Commission on the American Workforce – a bold initiative to develop a national, bipartisan strategy to strengthen the workforce, expand economic opportunity, and ensure the United States remains competitive. Jack and Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown then discuss the role that immigration might play in this strategy. BPC’s Commission on the

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Ep. 187: The Outlook for Immigration Policy Under a...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/01/28

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown talks to Jon Baselice from the US Chamber of Commerce and Debu Gandhi from the Centre for American Progress about the outlook for immigration policy under a new Congress and presidency. They cover what we have learned so far and what we can expect under a GOP-trifecta.

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Ep. 186 - News Roundup: H-1Bs Divide Trump Troops,...

This Week in Immigration ·

2025/01/14

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown and Associate Director Jack Malde round up some recent news in US immigration policy from the end of 2024 and the first weeks of 2025. They discuss recent disagreements within the Republican party on H-1B visas, President-elect Trump’s immigration position nominations, and where things stand on the concept of “mass deportations.” They also cover Congressional updates including potential action on immigration through the budget

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Ep. 185: The Role Immigration Played in the Recent...

This Week in Immigration ·

2024/12/17

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown talks to three reporters about the role that immigration played in the recent presidential and congressional elections. Theresa is joined by Myah Ward from Politico, Priscilla Alvarez from CNN, and Marianne LeVine from the Washington Post. They discuss how immigration featured in various campaigns, how pivotal immigration was in determining the election results, and how this compares to previous elections.

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Ep. 184: Plyler v. Doe - A High-Stakes Court Battle...

This Week in Immigration ·

2024/12/03

In this week’s episode, we’re re-releasing a conversation from May 2022. The leak of the Supreme Court draft decision that would overturn the seminal Roe v. Wade abortion case has sent shockwaves through the country and raises questions and implications for other long-standing precedent Supreme Court decisions, including Plyler v. Doe, a 1982 decision that ruled that undocumented immigrant children could not be excluded from K through 12 public schools. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expressed

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Ep. 183: Thanksgiving Traditions - Immigrant...

This Week in Immigration ·

2024/11/19

In this week’s episode, we’re re-releasing a conversation from November 2021. Every year millions of families across the country gather to celebrate that quintessential American holiday: Thanksgiving. It is a story of immigration. But how do the millions of recently-arrived immigrants to this country view this holiday? Theresa Cardinal Brown and Sadikshya Nepal are joined by Rachel Peric, Executive Director of Welcoming America, and several BPC staff members to discuss how families combine

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52:48

Ep. 182: Presidential Elections - How Do...

This Week in Immigration ·

2024/11/05

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown delves into history and reality of how immigrants vote in the United States. Theresa is joined by Rachel Orey, Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center Elections Project, to discuss current legislation that defines the eligibility for voting and protects against non-citizen voting. Then, Theresa welcomes Irene Bloemraad, Professor at the University of British Columbia and Co-director of the Centre for Migration Studies, to dive into

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Ep. 181: How Immigrants Receive Help After Helene,...

This Week in Immigration ·

2024/10/22

In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown discusses how immigrant rights organizations and other emergency response organizations are assisting immigrants and their families affected by recent hurricanes Helene and Milton, as well as similar past natural disasters in the United States. Theresa is joined by Zach Wolgemuth, Director of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery at Church World Service (CWS), along with his colleague Mabel Hernandez, Deputy Director of

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