Immigration Nerds

Celebrating our 100th episode!

Thank you to all the listeners and guests throughout the country and across the world who tune in to listen and contribute to the global discussion of immigration today. It has been an honor for me to share this space with you. 

Harvard Business School Professor William Kerr joins the podcast. Will is a Business Administration Professor whose research focuses on entrepreneurial management, specifically on how companies and economies explore new opportunities to generate growth. Will’s recent book The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society explores the global race for talent and how countries and businesses compete for high-skilled migrants, and immigration's role in catalyzing U.S. innovation.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness….”

These words reach ears with an aura of romanticism; they appeal to the highest aspirations within us all and they entice millions to come and maximize their abilities in this great nation. As Black History Month comes to an end, we welcome Howard University political science professor Robinson Woodward-Burns and we discuss the role African Americans had in turning those words from theoretical promise into a tangible reality for all by becoming citizens of the United States.

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Twitter: @rwbdc

Website: woodwardburns.com

Erickson Immigration Group's Director of Client Relations and Managing Attorney Alejandra Zapatero joins. As another CAP season has passed, we discuss the steps individuals can take if they were not selected in this years lottery. We address common concerns and share pathways that you can take in order to maximize your opportunities here in America.

In this week’s Erickson Immigration Group Immigration Nerds podcast we talk to Christopher Casazza.

In late march, Pike County Detention center detainee Aldo Camacho-Lopez began feeling sick and displayed fever like symptoms, however he did not receive any medical care. On April 2, he tested positive for Covid-19. 3 days later, only after contracting pneumonia did he receive treatment at a hospital. During 2020, stories of the lack of appropriate and swift care at detention centers during Covid-19 is beginning to see a trend.  Aldo’s attorney Christopher Casazza tells the story of one of those cases, and brings better context to what is happening on a national level.

In this week’s Erickson Immigration Group Immigration Nerds podcast, we talked to Dan Lyle, an American former rugby union player and current director of AEG Rugby. We talk about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on international sports, and what a win would look like for teams and their fans in the future.

Immigration attorney Erika Cisneros joins the podcast.

Immigrating to the US and becoming a legal and permanent resident can be confusing and time consuming. And for victims of mistreatment it can seem like an impossible dream. But there is hope for immigrants—a humanitarian visa. Erika's new book Honest Immigration shares real-life stories of people who didn’t realize their personal and work-related mistreatment met the requirements to get a humanitarian visa.

In this episode we cover:

• Steps you can take if you are the victim of a violent crime, sexual abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, among others. 
• Know when your immediate family members or children are able to get a humanitarian visa…and when they aren’t. 
• Why the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Applies to Men and Women and how it can help you with Immigration

On Wednesday April 22nd , President Trump signed an executive order proclamation that will temporarily suspend the entry of certain Immigrants into the U.S. This brief short will cover the purpose of the order, who will be impacted and for how long.

"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" That was tweeted by President Trump, shortly after 10pm Monday, last night.

Amin Hasani is an NYC based designer and Iranian entrepreneur. Through www.TheCurvd.com and www.Bluehearthero.com his team provides custom prosthetics for the disabled and more recently is producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for hospitals during Covid-19.

We discuss:

• His humble beginnings migrating to America
• Becoming an entrepreneur in a new country, highlighting the unique trials and lessons that followed
• The principles that drives his need to provide to those in need
• How Covid-19 has shaped his business, and fostered new business relationships
• The treatment he has received as an Iranian immigrant in America

Today we discuss the role of foreign-born health care professionals during the pandemic. Joining from Milwaukee, Wisconsin is Chijioke Ikonte, who is a med student at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

We discuss:

The impact of J-1 visas and Conrad Waiver programs for foreign born medical professionals

Operational shifts of Hospitals' and med schools' during covid

Tele-medicine 

Health disparities in underserved communities

4th year med students called upon early to fight the outbreak