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One year into the current administration's immigration agenda, the American Immigration Lawyers Association has done the accounting — and the findings are striking. In this episode, Lauren Clarke sits down with Shev Dalal-Dheini, AILA's Senior Director of Government Relations, to walk through the organization's new A Better Way on Immigration policy brief series, the first wave of which examines what has actually happened to legal immigration pathways since January 2025.
The conversation covers the administration's systematic dismantling of congressionally-authorized immigration programs — from TPS cancellations affecting 700,000 people, to paused adjudications leaving millions of applicants in limbo, to the closure of legal pathways for families, workers, and allies. Shev and Lauren also dig into the real-world consequences for U.S. employers, universities, hospitals, and communities — and what it means for America's long-term economic and national security competitiveness when other countries, from Canada to China, are actively recruiting the talent we're pushing away.
GUEST: Shev Dalal-Dheini, Senior Director of Government Relations, AILA
HOST: Lauren Clarke
NEWS NERD: Rob Taylor
PRODUCER: Adam Belmar
Resource Links: AILA: A Better Way on Immigration Policy Briefs
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One year into the current administration's immigration agenda, the American Immigration Lawyers Association has done the accounting — and the findings are striking. In this episode, Lauren Clarke sits down with Shev Dalal-Dheini, AILA's Senior Director of Government Relations, to walk through the organization's new A Better Way on Immigration policy brief series, the first wave of which examines what has actually happened to legal immigration pathways since January 2025.
The conversation covers the administration's systematic dismantling of congressionally-authorized immigration programs — from TPS cancellations affecting 700,000 people, to paused adjudications leaving millions of applicants in limbo, to the closure of legal pathways for families, workers, and allies. Shev and Lauren also dig into the real-world consequences for U.S. employers, universities, hospitals, and communities — and what it means for America's long-term economic and national security competitiveness when other countries, from Canada to China, are actively recruiting the talent we're pushing away.
GUEST: Shev Dalal-Dheini, Senior Director of Government Relations, AILA
HOST: Lauren Clarke
NEWS NERD: Rob Taylor
PRODUCER: Adam Belmar
Resource Links: AILA: A Better Way on Immigration Policy Briefs

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