REDIRECT: Immigration Law and Perspectives

By Stephen Robbins

What's REDIRECT: Immigration Law and Perspectives about?

REDIRECT is a weekly dive into the world of immigration law and its human consequences. Refugees and border walls, rhetoric and politics. We break it down and get to the truth.

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REDIRECT: Immigration Law and Perspectives episodes:

07.15.2023
Farewell
Matthew and I have decided to hang up the headphones and wanted to shove off with one final show. Thanks to all the listeners and patrons who supported us along the way. We truly appreciate it. I wish I had...
03.20.2023
Pleadings
This week on Redirect Matthew and I are joined by Professor Michael Kagan (@MichaelGKagan) from UNLV about pleadings in immigration court. It has become accepted as part of immigration law "culture" that allegations are admitted to at the beginning of...
02.13.2023
State of the Union
This week Matthew and I discuss the recent State of the Union address. Republicans scare monger about fetanyl and house prices. Blaming your troubles on immigrants is as American as apple pie, but the rhetoric does seem to be ramping...
01.30.2023
Immigration and Labor Rights
This week Matthew and I talk about a a recent announcement by the Biden administration that they will provide certain relief to immigrants who are exploited in the work place. The announcement can be found here. We share stories...
01.17.2023
Resolutions
This week Matthew and I showed up and recorded something. We broke up the band and got back together in the same episode. We talked about the current state of immigration lawyering. It turns out we’re both feeling...
11.22.2022
The DREAM Act
After the midterms democrats in the senate have vowed to take up the DREAM Act. It doesn't seem like they have the votes, which is depressing. Opposition to the DREAM Act is often wrapped up in "concerns" about "floodgates," or...
10.24.2022
Carrot and Stick
Democrats don't carrot all and the republicans want to stick them in camps. This week Matthew and I talk about HSI and marriage fraud, "United for Venezuela" and the expansion of Title 42. A series of unforced errors!
09.27.2022
Punk'd Politics
This week we're joined by fellow immigration attorney Matt Cameron (@matt_cam) to discuss the fall out of the Ron Desantis Martha's Vineyard "stunt." Deterrence policy is always cruel, and this was no exception. Like most rightwing jokes, it was also...
09.17.2022
Latest Border Updates, Martha's Vineyard Lib Owning
This week Matthew and I are joined by fellow immigration attorney Taylor Levy to talk about the situation on the border. Taylor is one of the most knowledgable attorneys when it comes to what is actually happening on the U.S./Mexico...
09.11.2022
Queen Status: Still Dead
This week Matthew and I get together to check in on the status of her Majesty and to discuss developments in our immigration practices. DACA, removal proceedings, our relationships with ICE and more.
08.11.2022
The Battle for Worst
I quibbled and squabbled over scrabble and tribbles. This week we're happy to be joined by Sonia Lenegan, an immigration advocate and solicitor in the U.K. Sonia works as a legal and policy director at a charity helping asylum seekers. ...
06.27.2022
Nobody is Protected
This week on Redirect: Immigration Law and Perspectives we're joined by Dr. Reece Jones, author of Nobody is Protected: How the Border Patrol Became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the United States. Dr. Jones is a Professor and Chair...
06.13.2022
The Growing Surveillance State
This week we're joined by Austin Kocher to talk abou the growing surveillance aparatus being used by ICE. Austin Kocher is an Assistant Professor at @TRACReports @SyracuseU, Graduate of @OSUGeography and friend of the show.
06.05.2022
LGBTQ Issues and Immigration
This week we're joined by Sarah Pitney, fellow immigration attorney extraordinaire, to discuss the intersection of LGBTQ issues and immigration. This was a great conversation and I learned a lot. Sarah Pitney is a Senior Attorney at Benach Collopy LLP....
03.30.2022
Full Speed Ahead
This week Matthew and I discuss the administration's efforts to speed up the asylum application process. For a system as broken as this one, these changes amount to window dressing. But it is at least a step in the right...
02.20.2022
ATDs
This week we're joined by Austin Kocher (@ackocher), assistant professor at the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) to talk about "Alternatives to Detention." As it turns out, these technologies are rarely used as "alternatives," but rather "in addition to" detention. ...
02.14.2022
Marijuana and Tweeting
This week Matthew and I work our way through a couple of recent immigration stories. The owner of a marijuana dispensary has her naturalization application denied for a lack of "good moral character," an attorney tweeting about MPP hearings is...
01.30.2022
Catching Up
This week Matthew and I try to play catch up. It's been just over a year with the Biden administration, and with a few exceptions things remain . . . pretty terrible? The administration continues to defend some of the...
11.27.2021
Break
We're going to be taking a little break from the podcast. A recent cancer diagnosis in the family has me stretched for time, and frankly not in the right headspace for "entertaining." Hopefully it's a short break, but we'll see. ...
11.04.2021
The Asylumist
This week we're happy to have back Jason Dzubow, fellow immigration attorney and the author of The Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity. Jason talks about his recent experiences with Afghan asylum...
11.01.2021
White Borders
This week we're joined by Professor Reece Jones to talk about his latest book,White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.
10.09.2021
Disarray
This week Matthew and I discuss the new DHS enforcement memo, disarray at the department, and we try out our tin foil hats for a minute.
09.27.2021
AHAB
NEIGH! Yes, all horses are bastards which is why we here are Redirect are thrilled with the recent announcement by the White House that horses will no longer be used (for now) on the border (a particular stretch of the...
09.11.2021
Absurdities and More
This week we're joined by Matthew Hoppock to talk about the Supreme Court forcing Biden to reimplement the "Migrant Protection Protocols," A Trump era policy designed for force asylum seekers to wait out their case processing in Mexico. We...
08.22.2021
Afghanistan
Sharifa Abbasi and Alexa August from The HMA Law Firm join us this week to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and how it is affecting immigrants and current citizens. Matthew and I compare the struggles that are ubiquitous within...
08.07.2021
Detention Watch
This week we're joined by Silky Shah (@silkys13) from the Detention Watch Network to talk about ongoing efforts to end immigration detention. In Matthew's neck of the woods a group of lawyers have written a letter to try and keep...
08.02.2021
Discretion
This week we're joined by Dara Lind (@dlind), an immigration reporter from Pro Publica who wrote a great piece about how the new Biden "prosecutorial discretion" memo is (or isn't) being implemented. You can check out her writing here.
07.25.2021
Time for Reform
This week I'm joined by Jorge Baron from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project to discuss the recent DACA ruling, immigration reform through reconciliation, and more.
07.18.2021
Reconciliation and DACA
Matthew is on vacation this week and I'm flying solo, talking about reconciliation and the hope of immigration reform, a federal judge putting the breaks on DACA, and the cruelty of the legal immigration system.
07.02.2021
Crisis TM
This week we’re joined by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick from the American Immigration Council to talk about border myths, moats, and black paint. What’s going on with the crisis at the border? Why is title 42 still in place? All this and...
06.19.2021
Big Changes
This week Matthew and I discuss the recent changes by Merrick Garland in rolling back Matter of AB and LEA, developing prosecutorial discretion and more.
06.12.2021
Don't Come, and Prosecutorial Discretion
This week on Redirect Matthew and I discuss the Vice President's recent trip to Guatemala where she admonished would-be migrants not to come, and to pursue "legal" avenues instead. It turns out asylum *is* legal. Oh well. Also, ICE prosecutors...
05.30.2021
Deportation Abolition
This week we're joined by fellow immigration attorney Sophia Gurule from the Bronx Defenders to talk about deportation abolition, how to frame our push for immigration reform, and more.
05.23.2021
Dysfunction: A Historical Look at the Immigration Courts with Professor Alison Peck
This week we're joined by Professor Alison Peck to talk about her new book, The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts: War, Fear, and the Roots of Dysfunction. It's an excellent read for anyone who is interested in just how we...
05.01.2021
Thinking Big
This week we're joined by Liz Keyes, associate professor of law at the University of Baltimore, and Austin Kocher, a research associate professor with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research institute that uses Freedom of Information Act requests...
04.24.2021
Boehner's Confused
We're back for another episode of Redirect, Immigration Law and Perspectives, and John Boehner is back! He's here to sell books and express frustration and confusion over the rise of nutty nut jobs in the Republican party. Who could have...
04.12.2021
Disappointed
Matthew and I drag ourselves to the recording studio to talk about how disappointing things have been.
03.20.2021
Rural . . . heritage?
This week Matthew and I discuss the Farm Worker Modernization, a bill that aims to . . . "preserve our rural heritage"? While there are a lot of benefits to be reaped, it was clearly written and designed by growers...
03.13.2021
Open Border Dystopia EXPOSED
This week Matthew brings his sunny disposition but Stephen reminds him why things are still terrible. Also, we’re joined by Taylor Levy (@taylorklevy), an incredible immigration who works in El Paso to talk about what the H is going on...
03.01.2021
Kids in Facilities
Cages. Facilities. Processing Centers. We get an important update on the status of family and child detention with one of our favorite colleagues, Bridget Cambria.
02.23.2021
Bidensty
This week Matthew and I parse over the "day 1" immigration reform that recently dropped. It's pretty good! Also, the Biden administration backs off their deportation pause and day 1 enforcement priorities. Check out our patreon at patreon.com/redirect, subscribe, comment,...
02.13.2021
Biden Stands by Trump Bans
This week on Redirect we’re joined by Curtis Morrison to discuss how Trump managed to (quietly) end most immigration in 2020, and how so far the Biden administration has stood by those policies. Early grades for the Biden administration and...
01.23.2021
Brunch?
This week we're joined by Professor Alina Das from NYU to discuss Biden's first week in office, whether we're allowed to feel "good," and how to best push our representatives towards a more fair immigration system.
01.16.2021
Reboot the Court
This week on Redirect, Immigration Law and Perspectives we're talking to friend-of-the-show Matthew Hoppock (@MatthewHoppock). We chat about feeling totally burned out, trying to keep up with immigration changes during the Trump administration, and how the Immigration Court is broken...
01.05.2021
Goodbye, 2020
On today's show Matthew and I discuss the year 2020, getting burned out as immigration attorneys, COVID, and our hopes for the new year.
12.24.2020
Festivus for the Rest of Us
This week we’re joined by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick from the American Immigration Council for our annual festivus show. Leaf blowers, weather, ICE and more.
12.13.2020
DACA's Back
This week we’re joined by friend of the show Hassan Ahmad to talk about the Trump administration’s torching of the immigration system on their way out the door, the restoration of DACA, and keeping a hopeful mentality in these tough...
12.05.2020
Fast Tracking Deportation
This week the Executive Office of Immigration Reform, also known as the Immigration Courts, published a memo that aims to fast track removal cases. I immediately thought of former Immigration Judge Paul A. DeFonzo who was very meticulous and deliberate...
11.26.2020
Thanks
This week we’re joined by Nora Phillips and Diego Aranda Teixeira to give thanks and talk smack.
11.14.2020
Coup Coup Ca Choo
This week on Redirect, Matthew tries to "both sides" the ongoing coup, we discuss what we can expect from a Biden administration, and more.

What's REDIRECT: Immigration Law and Perspectives about?

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REDIRECT: Immigration Law and Perspectives episodes:

Farewell

Pleadings

State of the Union

Immigration and Labor Rights

Resolutions

The DREAM Act

Carrot and Stick

Punk'd Politics

Latest Border Updates, Martha's Vineyard Lib Owning

Queen Status: Still Dead

The Battle for Worst

Nobody is Protected

The Growing Surveillance State

LGBTQ Issues and Immigration

Full Speed Ahead

ATDs

Marijuana and Tweeting

Catching Up

Break

The Asylumist

White Borders

Disarray

AHAB

Absurdities and More

Afghanistan

Detention Watch

Discretion

Time for Reform

Reconciliation and DACA

Crisis TM

Big Changes

Don't Come, and Prosecutorial Discretion

Deportation Abolition

Dysfunction: A Historical Look at the Immigration Courts with Professor Alison Peck

Thinking Big

Boehner's Confused

Disappointed

Rural . . . heritage?

Open Border Dystopia EXPOSED

Kids in Facilities

Bidensty

Biden Stands by Trump Bans

Brunch?

Reboot the Court

Goodbye, 2020

Festivus for the Rest of Us

DACA's Back

Fast Tracking Deportation

Thanks

Coup Coup Ca Choo