In this week’s episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown runs through the latest negotiations on Capitol Hill for a potential border security deal. If Congress fails to reach a deal, we could see a government shutdown. Then, Theresa and BPC Senior Policy Analyst Jack Malde interview Lindsay Milliken, an immigration fellow at the Institute for Progress, who is lead author of a new report detailing a data-driven method to identify workforce shortages and update DOL’s Schedule A Shortage Occupation List.

Institute for Progress Research Report: Help Wanted: Modernizing the Schedule A Shortage Occupation List

In this episode:

(00:00) Opening

(01:10) Theresa on the latest negotiations on border security

(18:33) Lindsay Milliken on workforce shortages and Schedule A