This week we're joined by Max Siegelbaum, Co-founding Editor and Senior Reporter at Documented, to talk about his experience covering the New York Immigration Courts. 

This week Matthew and I talk about how people aren't grateful enough for how good things were just before they got bad. 

The Board of Immigration Appeals continues to pick fights with unrepresented individuals. 

Immigration laws, who is "legal" and who is "not," continues to be a totally random and arbitrary outcome based on a patchwork of mostly bad laws. 

The Justice Department decides not to pursue the case against Michael Flynn, because sometimes lying is NBD. We talk about how lying is almost always a VBD (Very Big Deal) for our clients. 

This week we're joined by Luis Cortes to discuss Trump's new Immigration Ban, meat packing plants, and trying to stagger our panic attacks so we can be there for each other. 

This week Matthew and I talk about what's happening at the immigrant detention centers where symptomatic detainees are denied COVID-19 tests. 

We also talk about the upcoming election. It is possible to be completely void of enthusiasm for a Biden presidency, to recognize his many flaws, and to also understand the unique threat that is a second Trump term. We try to highlight the differences between a potential Biden presidency and Trump years 5-8. 

This week Matthew and I are joined by Davorin Odrcic and Leo de la Garza, fellow immigration attorneys in Milwaukee and Austin, to discuss how the social distancing is affecting our clients, and whether they will continue to be demonized despite working in "essential" jobs that are, you know, keeping us alive. 

This week Matthew and I talk about the unrelenting bad changes coming from this administration. This week saw a new decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals, reshaping the definition of "extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship." 

This week Matthew and I discuss some recent immigration lawyer drama. As the unemployment crisis explodes we should remember to be, you know, decent humans. 

The immigration courts are open, but not really, except sometimes? Check Twitter. 

Plus some hot takes on Biden, the primary (remember the primary?) and more. 

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This week we're joined by Matt Cameron (@matt_cam) to talk about the immigration courts closing, sort of, as well as other immigration services and how this might affect the future of our immigration system. 

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This week Matthew and I were interrupted by a super-important Rose Garden press conference, wherein Trump definitely gave the corona virus to a large group of people including reporters, the Vice President, a bunch of CEOs, and even some doctors, who you think would probably know better? 

Anyhow things are fine and Target is definitely still open so why are people freaking out? 

We discuss the poor crisis management we're seeing from the immigration courts, and other fun topics. 

This week Matthew and I are joined by Reveal Journalist Aura Bogado. Her recent piece is the story of a 17-year-old immigrant child who has spent the last 6 years in government custody, separated from her family. You can read her piece here: 

https://www.revealnews.org/article/the-disappeared/

Matthew and I discuss recent developments in the presidential race, and how Matthew almost certainly has the corona virus.