Last month, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the creation of a new denaturalization task force to investigate thousands of naturalized Americans suspected of lying on their citizenship applications. Today’s guest, Stephanie DeGooyer, will shed some light on this new development in a broader discussion with host Esty Dinur about immigration, naturalization, and […]
Immigration: How to Become a Legal, Naturalized, US Citizen
The Trump Administration’s assault on immigrants reached a fever pitch this month. After widespread outcry, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and federal courts attempted to reunite children, many as young as one year old, with their parents seeking asylum in the United States. Observers, including federal legislators, have reported widespread abuse at the […]
US Representative Mark Pocan Is Drafting Legislation to Abolish ICE
US Representative Mark Pocan is drafting legislation that would abolish the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. The agency has come under fire since reports of family separations at the southern border began dominating headlines. Lawmakers created ICE in 2002 with bipartisan support. Now, some lawmakers and advocates are calling for it to […]
The Forced Detention of Children at the Border
Friday host Esty Dinur spends the show examining current U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies and the forced detention of children away from their families, who are legally seeking asylum at the border. In the first part of the show, she speaks with investigative reporter Ken Klippenstein, who recently reported on a no-bid contract for a […]
Sanctuary Cities & Immigration Reform
Last week, federal appeals courts in Pennsylvania, Illinois and California handed the Trump Administration a series of stinging defeats in their attempts to punish sanctuary cities. The Trump Administration had attempted to tie federal grants to local police cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. In separate cases, the three appellate courts ruled that the […]
Family, Community Struggle After Cambodian Immigrant’s ICE Deten...
Sophal Chuk’s life hasn’t taken a straight path. But over the past years living in Madison, he and his family have taken on a routine. Chuk volunteers at the Buddhist temple in Oregon most days, and then comes home to play with his grandkids. But on Friday, everything changed when ICE detained him while he […]
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