Parsing Immigration Policy
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★ - 37 ratingsA weekly discussion of immigration policy matters, both immediate and long-term, with researchers from the Center for Immigration Studies and guests.The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985 by Otis Graham Jr., we have pursued a single mission – providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States.
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E40. Young People and the Immigration Issue
February 10, 2022 15:42 - 32 minutes - 1.93 KBView Podcast Archive Polls show that immigration is a top concern for voters going into the midterm elections. Young people comprise a large percentage of those who will going to the polls – how interested are they in immigration? In this week’s Center for Immigration Studies podcast, Parsing Immigration Policy, a former Center intern and third year law student, Jackson Koonce, talks about how he... Source
Young People and the Immigration Issue
February 10, 2022 15:42 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MBView Podcast Archive Polls show that immigration is a top concern for voters going into the midterm elections. Young people comprise a large percentage of those who will going to the polls – how interested are they in immigration? In this week’s Center for Immigration Studies podcast, Parsing Immigration Policy, a former Center intern and third year law student, Jackson Koonce, talks about how he... Source
E39. How to Stop the Migrant Surge through Panama’s Darien Gap
February 03, 2022 13:31 - 36 minutes - 2.11 KBView Podcast Archive Thousands of migrants every week pass though Panama’s Darien Gap, a narrow jungle passage between Panama and Colombia, on their way north to the United States. In this week’s Center for Immigration Studies podcast, Parsing Immigration Policy, Chuck Holton, an author, war correspondent, and U.S. Army ranger who has lived in Panama since 2012, discusses the jungle migrant route... Source
How to Stop the Migrant Surge through Panama’s Darien Gap
February 03, 2022 13:31 - 36 minutes - 65.9 MBView Podcast Archive Thousands of migrants every week pass though Panama’s Darien Gap, a narrow jungle passage between Panama and Colombia, on their way north to the United States. In this week’s Center for Immigration Studies podcast, Parsing Immigration Policy, Chuck Holton, an author, war correspondent, and U.S. Army ranger who has lived in Panama since 2012, discusses the jungle migrant route... Source
The UN’s Role in Aiding and Abetting Illegal Immigration
January 27, 2022 18:26 - 38 minutes - 70.7 MBNonprofit migrant advocacy organizations near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala are offering an unusual and controversial psychological therapy to enable migrants to continue on the trail north to the U.S. border. Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national security fellow, spent a week reporting from Tapachula, Mexico, where he found that at least two UN-funded organizations employ clinical... Source
E38. The UN’s Role in Aiding and Abetting Illegal Immigration
January 27, 2022 18:26 - 38 minutes - 2.26 KBNonprofit migrant advocacy organizations near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala are offering an unusual and controversial psychological therapy to enable migrants to continue on the trail north to the U.S. border. Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national security fellow, spent a week reporting from Tapachula, Mexico, where he found that at least two UN-funded organizations employ clinical... Source
Texas Think Tank Focuses on Chaos at the Border
January 27, 2022 18:14 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MBEDITOR’S NOTE: Although this podcast was available on our website on January 20th, we failed to publish it on the RSS feed on that date but corrected the mistake as soon as it was known. An April 2021 Harvard-Harris poll showed that 80 percent of voters believe that the border is “a crisis that needs to be addressed immediately” and that 85 percent want stronger borders. The largest state think... Source
E37. Texas Think Tank Focuses on Chaos at the Border
January 27, 2022 18:14 - 36 minutes - 2.13 KBEDITOR’S NOTE: Although this podcast was available on our website on January 20th, we failed to publish it on the RSS feed on that date but corrected the mistake as soon as it was known. An April 2021 Harvard-Harris poll showed that 80 percent of voters believe that the border is “a crisis that needs to be addressed immediately” and that 85 percent want stronger borders. The largest state think... Source
E36. What’s Happening Along the New Mexico–Mexico Border?
January 13, 2022 15:58 - 40 minutes - 2.37 KBThe border crisis was in plain view in September when Americans were stunned by images of thousands of migrant families huddled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Less dramatic, but no less important, is a 180-mile stretch of border to the west, where New Mexico borders on Mexico, where illegal migrants are more likely to be single males trying to avoid detection. New Mexico Congresswoman Yvette... Source
What's Happening Along the New Mexico–Mexico Border?
January 13, 2022 15:58 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBThe border crisis was in plain view in September when Americans were stunned by images of thousands of migrant families huddled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Less dramatic, but no less important, is a 180-mile stretch of border to the west, where New Mexico borders on Mexico, where illegal migrants are more likely to be single males trying to avoid detection. New Mexico Congresswoman Yvette... Source
E35. Why Does Immigration Reform Legislation Fail?
January 06, 2022 12:39 - 39 minutes - 2.32 KBSince President Reagan signed into law the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), five presidents have supported legislation containing an amnesty for a large portion of the illegal immigrant population. All of these pieces of legislation traded amnesty for enforcement, except the most recent, the Biden-Menendez immigration bill (U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021). This bill would have... Source
Why Does Immigration Reform Legislation Fail?
January 06, 2022 12:39 - 39 minutes - 72.6 MBSince President Reagan signed into law the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), five presidents have supported legislation containing an amnesty for a large portion of the illegal immigrant population. All of these pieces of legislation traded amnesty for enforcement, except the most recent, the Biden-Menendez immigration bill (U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021). This bill would have... Source
E34. Immigration Roundup for 2021
December 30, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 3.12 KBView Podcast Archive Center for Immigration Studies’ analysts come together for this year’s final episode of Parsing Immigration Policy to discuss the top immigration stories of 2021 and to predict the biggest immigration stories of 2022. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of the podcast, leads the conversation focusing on three key immigration issues: the border... Source
Immigration Roundup for 2021
December 30, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBView Podcast Archive Center for Immigration Studies’ analysts come together for this year’s final episode of Parsing Immigration Policy to discuss the top immigration stories of 2021 and to predict the biggest immigration stories of 2022. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of the podcast, leads the conversation focusing on three key immigration issues: the border... Source
E33. Immigration Policies Are Driving the Crisis at the Border
December 16, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 1.93 KBIn fiscal year 2021 the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more illegal migrants at the Southwest border (nearly 1.7 million) than in any year in history. In this weeks’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast, Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, speaks out on behalf of the 18,000 Border Patrol agents he represents as head of their union. What are the principal factors driving... Source
Immigration Policies Are Driving the Crisis at the Border
December 16, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MBIn fiscal year 2021 the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more illegal migrants at the Southwest border (nearly 1.7 million) than in any year in history. In this weeks’ Parsing Immigration Policy podcast, Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, speaks out on behalf of the 18,000 Border Patrol agents he represents as head of their union. What are the principal factors driving... Source
Panama's Darien Gap
December 09, 2021 13:11 - 26 minutes - 49.3 MBThe Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion exploring the remote area of the Darien Gap, the infamous jungle passage through which extra-continental migrants cross from South America to North America on their way to the United States southern border. International migrants are passing through the gap’s dense rainforest in record numbers. How is it impacting the indigenous people... Source
E33. Panama’s Darien Gap
December 09, 2021 13:11 - 26 minutes - 1.58 KBThe Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel discussion exploring the remote area of the Darien Gap, the infamous jungle passage through which extra-continental migrants cross from South America to North America on their way to the United States southern border. International migrants are passing through the gap’s dense rainforest in record numbers. How is it impacting the indigenous people... Source
E31. Immigration’s Impact on Black Americans: A 200-Year Chronology
December 02, 2021 12:48 - 40 minutes - 2.35 KBThe passage of landmark immigration legislation in 1965 marked the beginning of the largest sustained wave of immigration in America’s history. This immigration surge, however, was not the first. Immigration surged in the decades leading up to the American Civil War and again starting in the 1880s before being curtailed by war and then by restrictive legislation in the 1920s. Source
Immigration’s Impact on Black Americans: A 200-Year Chronology
December 02, 2021 12:48 - 40 minutes - 73.4 MBThe passage of landmark immigration legislation in 1965 marked the beginning of the largest sustained wave of immigration in America’s history. This immigration surge, however, was not the first. Immigration surged in the decades leading up to the American Civil War and again starting in the 1880s before being curtailed by war and then by restrictive legislation in the 1920s. Source
E30. Border Crisis: A European Perspective
November 18, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 1.81 KBMore than a million migrants entered Europe in 2015 triggering changes in national immigration policies and in public support for the securing of border and the limiting of migration. Fast forward six years, the United States has just set an all-time annual record for the number of illegal migrants apprehended at the Southwest border, with two migrant caravans presently en route. Source
Border Crisis: A European Perspective
November 18, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 56.5 MBMore than a million migrants entered Europe in 2015 triggering changes in national immigration policies and in public support for the securing of border and the limiting of migration. Fast forward six years, the United States has just set an all-time annual record for the number of illegal migrants apprehended at the Southwest border, with two migrant caravans presently en route. Source
Life on the U.S. – Mexico Border: The Abandoned Americans
November 11, 2021 14:40 - 35 minutes - 64.2 MBAmericans have watched the videos of the migrant caravans comprised of thousands of migrants from all over the world coming to the southern border. Americans have read the numbers – agents apprehended 1,659,206 illegal migrants in FY2021, an all-time record for apprehensions at the southwest border, and tens of thousands of ‘gotaways’ entered the country monthly. But most Americans have never... Source
E29. Life on the U.S. – Mexico Border: The Abandoned Americans
November 11, 2021 14:40 - 35 minutes - 2.05 KBAmericans have watched the videos of the migrant caravans comprised of thousands of migrants from all over the world coming to the southern border. Americans have read the numbers – agents apprehended 1,659,206 illegal migrants in FY2021, an all-time record for apprehensions at the southwest border, and tens of thousands of ‘gotaways’ entered the country monthly. But most Americans have never... Source
E28. Immigration and the U.S. Relationship with Mexico
November 04, 2021 14:04 - 42 minutes - 2.47 KBThe U.S.-Mexico relationship has a direct impact on American security and prosperity, and immigration, both legal and illegal, plays a key role. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Christopher Landau, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2019-2021), discusses Mexican immigration laws, cooperation with the United States, and Mexican attitudes toward migration. Landau touches on the... Source
Immigration and the U.S. Relationship with Mexico
November 04, 2021 14:04 - 42 minutes - 67.7 MBThe U.S.-Mexico relationship has a direct impact on American security and prosperity, and immigration, both legal and illegal, plays a key role. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Christopher Landau, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2019-2021), discusses Mexican immigration laws, cooperation with the United States, and Mexican attitudes toward migration. Landau touches on the... Source
OPT: Guestworkers Masquerading as Students
October 28, 2021 11:45 - 41 minutes - 66.3 MBHundreds of thousands of foreign nationals, primarily from India and China, are working in the United States via the controversial Optical Practical Training program (OPT). This program allows individuals who entered on student visas to obtain work authorization for up to three years after graduation. OPT was not enacted by Congress – the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed the program... Source
E27. OPT: Guestworkers Masquerading as Students
October 28, 2021 11:45 - 41 minutes - 2.42 KBHundreds of thousands of foreign nationals, primarily from India and China, are working in the United States via the controversial Optical Practical Training program (OPT). This program allows individuals who entered on student visas to obtain work authorization for up to three years after graduation. OPT was not enacted by Congress – the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed the program... Source
E26. Are Immigrants Less Willing to Report Crime?
October 21, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 2.34 KBOne of the most frequently cited justifications for sanctuary policies is the claim that immigrants are less willing to report victimization to authorities. A report was released by the Center for Immigration Studies casts doubt on this claim, using the latest data from the National Crime Victimization Survey. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of Parsing Immigration Policy... Source
Are Immigrants Less Willing to Report Crime?
October 21, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 73.1 MBOne of the most frequently cited justifications for sanctuary policies is the claim that immigrants are less willing to report victimization to authorities. A report was released by the Center for Immigration Studies casts doubt on this claim, using the latest data from the National Crime Victimization Survey. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of Parsing Immigration Policy... Source
National Border Patrol Museum Displays the Continued Sophistication of Those Entering the U.S. Illegally
October 14, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MBThe National Border Patrol Museum captures the history and mission of the U.S. Border Patrol dating back to the creation of the agency in 1924. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of Parsing Immigration Policy, recently visited the unique museum, located in El Paso, Texas, and spoke with its president. This museum, funded entirely by private donations... Source
E25. National Border Patrol Museum Displays the Continued Sophistication of Those Entering the U.S. Illegally
October 14, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 1.93 KBSummary The National Border Patrol Museum captures the history and mission of the U.S. Border Patrol dating back to the creation of the agency in 1924. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of Parsing Immigration Policy, recently visited the unique museum, located in El Paso, Texas, and spoke with its president. This museum, funded entirely by private donations, displays border surveillance and transportation equipment and other tools used on both the northern and so...
The U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security
October 07, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 62.6 MBThe historic surge of illegal immigration at the U.S. border has overwhelmed the U.S. Border Patrol, the agency charged with detecting and preventing illegal traffic between ports of entry. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of the podcast, discusses this with border security expert Dr. Victor Manjarrez Jr. Manjarrez... Source
E24. The U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security
October 07, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 2.29 KBSummary The historic surge of illegal immigration at the U.S. border has overwhelmed the U.S. Border Patrol, the agency charged with detecting and preventing illegal traffic between ports of entry. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of the podcast, discusses this with border security expert Dr. Victor Manjarrez Jr. Manjarrez, a former Border Patrol sector chief who served for over 20 years in key operational r...
E23. Tracking the Polls on Immigration
September 30, 2021 14:50 - 42 minutes - 2.5 KBSummary The Center for Immigration has been following the polling of the immigration issue closely since the election of President Biden. The 2020 presidential campaign was largely devoid of any debate on immigration policy, meaning that very few Americans voted for Joe Biden because of his immigration positions. But polling shows that there has been consistent, and growing, opposition to the Biden administration’s immigration policies and actions. Will public opinion eventually force a...
Tracking the Polls on Immigration
September 30, 2021 14:50 - 42 minutes - 68.4 MBThe Center for Immigration has been following the polling of the immigration issue closely since the election of President Biden. The 2020 presidential campaign was largely devoid of any debate on immigration policy, meaning that very few Americans voted for Joe Biden because of his immigration positions. But polling shows that there has been consistent, and growing, opposition to the Biden... Source
E22. Del Rio: A Case Study of the U.S. Illegal Immigration Crisis
September 23, 2021 11:51 - 41 minutes - 2.41 KBSummary Thousands of illegal aliens poured into Del Rio, Texas last week forming an encampment that eventually peaked with an estimated 15,000 migrants. Thousands of mostly Haitians, but also Cubans and other nationalities, waited for processing to enter the country as an overwhelmed Biden administration struggled to control the growing camp, and Texas moved to stop the numbers from going even higher. After several days of watching the numbers multiply, the Biden administration moved t...
Del Rio: A Case Study of the U.S. Illegal Immigration Crisis
September 23, 2021 11:51 - 41 minutes - 75.4 MBThousands of illegal aliens poured into Del Rio, Texas last week forming an encampment that eventually peaked with an estimated 15,000 migrants. Thousands of mostly Haitians, but also Cubans and other nationalities, waited for processing to enter the country as an overwhelmed Biden administration struggled to control the growing camp, and Texas moved to stop the numbers from going even higher. Source
The Public Charge Doctrine: From Colonial Times to Today
September 16, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 79.5 MBThe “public charge” doctrine – meaning that a person likely to have to be supported by taxpayers (a public charge) should not be permitted to immigrate – is one of the oldest elements of American immigration policy. Colonial Massachusetts enacted the earliest public charge law in 1645, while the first immigration law at the federal level, in 1882, likewise excluded immigrants who were likely to... Source
E21. The Public Charge Doctrine: From Colonial Times to Today
September 16, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 2.54 KBSummary The “public charge” doctrine – meaning that a person likely to have to be supported by taxpayers (a public charge) should not be permitted to immigrate – is one of the oldest elements of American immigration policy. Colonial Massachusetts enacted the earliest public charge law in 1645, while the first immigration law at the federal level, in 1882, likewise excluded immigrants who were likely to become a burden on taxpayers. But then as now, the main question is how to define pu...
E20. 20 Years After 9/11: Lessons Learned, Improvements Needed
September 09, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 2.61 KBSummary There is no more important tool for preventing future attacks on U.S. soil than the nation’s immigration system. The 20th anniversary of the attacks that claimed thousands of American lives is an appropriate occasion to reflect on the role immigration failures played in the 9/11 attacks and the progress made in limiting opportunities for future terrorism. Americans may disagree on the level of immigration, and its costs and benefits, but few would argue against the importance of...
20 Years After 9/11: Lessons Learned, Improvements Needed
September 09, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 71.4 MBThere is no more important tool for preventing future attacks on U.S. soil than the nation’s immigration system. The 20th anniversary of the attacks that claimed thousands of American lives is an appropriate occasion to reflect on the role immigration failures played in the 9/11 attacks and the progress made in limiting opportunities for future terrorism. Americans may disagree on the level of... Source
Chain Migration and Why It Matters
September 02, 2021 08:55 - 36 minutes - 67.3 MBEvery year the United States welcomes more than one million legal immigrants; two-thirds of this population are family members brought in through chain migration. With an average immigrant sponsoring 3.45 family members, the U.S. immigration flow is always impacted by chain migration. The thousands of Afghans being resettled in the U.S. will be able to eventually petition for more relatives... Source
E19. Chain Migration and Why It Matters
September 02, 2021 08:55 - 36 minutes - 2.15 KBSummary Every year the United States welcomes more than one million legal immigrants; two-thirds of this population are family members brought in through chain migration. With an average immigrant sponsoring 3.45 family members, the U.S. immigration flow is always impacted by chain migration. The thousands of Afghans being resettled in the U.S. will be able to eventually petition for more relatives, just as all illegal immigrants granted amnesty would be able to bring in family members...
Afghan Refugees: How Many? How to Vet?
August 26, 2021 11:13 - 36 minutes - 67.1 MBWith the fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, large numbers of Afghans are fleeing the country. In particular, the United States has sought to evacuate those Afghans who would be in danger of Taliban reprisals for their cooperation with American authorities. To discuss this urgent issue, this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy features two analysts at the Center for Immigration... Source
E18. Afghan Refugees: How Many? How to Vet?
August 26, 2021 11:13 - 36 minutes - 2.15 KBSummary With the fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, large numbers of Afghans are fleeing the country. In particular, the United States has sought to evacuate those Afghans who would be in danger of Taliban reprisals for their cooperation with American authorities. To discuss this urgent issue, this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy features two analysts at the Center for Immigration Studies. Dr. Nayla Rush, a senior researcher at the Center, explains the potential ...
E17. Reflections of a Veteran of Past Immigration Battles
August 19, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 2.23 KBSummary Today’s immigration policy debate focuses on many of the same issues as it did decades ago, including numbers, amnesties, labor impact, fiscal costs, and legislative strategy. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, George Fishman, former Department of Homeland Security Deputy General Counsel and Republican Counsel on the House Immigration Subcommittee for over two decades, shares his institutional knowledge on immigration and legislative strategy and its applicat...
Reflections of a Veteran of Past Immigration Battles
August 19, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 69.6 MBToday’s immigration policy debate focuses on many of the same issues as it did decades ago, including numbers, amnesties, labor impact, fiscal costs, and legislative strategy. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, George Fishman, former Department of Homeland Security Deputy General Counsel and Republican Counsel on the House Immigration Subcommittee for over two decades... Source
Immigration Policy as an Environmental Issue
August 12, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 72.9 MBCongress passed the “Magna Carta” of environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), more than 50 years ago. NEPA mandates that all federal agencies consider the environmental implications of actions before they are undertaken; the environmental impact statements are then required to be made public, so that individuals have the opportunity to comment on government actions that... Source
E16. Immigration Policy as an Environmental Issue
August 12, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 2.66 KBSummary Congress passed the “Magna Carta” of environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), more than 50 years ago. NEPA mandates that all federal agencies consider the environmental implications of actions before they are undertaken; the environmental impact statements are then required to be made public, so that individuals have the opportunity to comment on government actions that will affect their communities. The law begins with a “Congressional Declaration of Nat...