Given the turmoil and disgust surrounding Trump’s shock and awe deportation campaign, we thought it a good time to dig back into the immigration issue and update some of our findings from prior episodes. There’s no question Trump’s ICE is more brutal and seemingly indiscriminate, so we tried to put these efforts in context with prior administrations. Then we zoom out to look at root causes of immigration and the failure of U.S. foreign policy toward the LAC.

Chapters

Intro: 00:01:01

Post Show Musings: 00:26:03

Outro: 01:05:29

Resources

Texas Tribune: Trump promised mass deportations. Here’s one way they could quietly happen.

Vox: Removals vs returns: how to think about Obama’s deportation record

Migration Policy Institute: The Biden Administration Is on Pace to Match Trump Deportation Numbers—Focusing on the Border, Not the U.S. Interior

Migration Policy Institute: The Obama Record on Deportations: Deporter in Chief or Not?

Migration Policy Institute: Net Number of Migrants by Country, 1950-2020 (by Five-Year Intervals)

U.S. Department of Justice: Executive Office for Immigration Review Adjudication Statistics

Washington Post: Deportation at ‘light speed’: How Trump’s crackdown could unfold

House of Representatives: Laken Riley Act

U.S. Department of Agriculture: Child Nutrition Programs - National School Lunch Program

Center for Immigration Studies: Mapping the Impact of Immigration on Public Schools

UNFTR Episode Resources

Fox in the Outhouse: Invasion, Immigration & Inflation

Over The Borderline:

Introduction

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Housing First: Non-Negotiable #1.

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