Episode Eight: Enforcement and Immigrant Communities
In this episode
Bitta Mostofi
Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, New York City
Bitta is Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) in New York City. Under her leadership, MOIA has created programs and policies to advance the integration of immigrant New Yorkers in to the city’s civic, economic and cultural life.
Julia Preston
The Marshall Project
Julia Preston covered immigration for The New York Times for 10 years, until December 2016. She has worked as an editor and foreign correspondent for The Times and, before that, The Washington Post.
Credits
Alex Aleinikoff
Co-Host
Deb Amos
Co-Host
Sahil Ansari
Producer and Engineer
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Trump immigration policies have spread fear through immigrant communities, threatening deportation of long-resident migrants and inflicting deep harms on family members who remain in the United States. Journalist Julia Preston (The Marshall Project) and NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Bitta Mostofi assess the consequences.
SHOW NOTES
Materials Of interest
Articles
All Presidents Are Deporters in Chief – New York Times Editorial Board, New York Times
Yes, Obama deported more people than Trump but context is everything – Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
The Trump administration’s immigration jails are packed, but deportations are lower than in Obama era – Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post
ICE Agents Are Losing Patience with Trump’s Chaotic Immigration Policy – Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker
ICE isn’t just detaining “bad hombres.” They’re scooping up anyone in their path. – Dara Lind, Vox
“Abolish ICE,” explained – Dara Lind, Vox
ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show – Dara Lind, ProPublica
Abolish ICE – and Replace it with Something Better – Bitta Mostofi, City and State NY
Videos
Three part series from Al Jazeera:
- Undocumented and Living in Dear of ICE – Part 1
- Immigrants are Being Jailed in Detention Centers – Part 2
- We Met the People Deported under President Trump – Part 3
Growing Up Academically Excellent and Undocumented – The Atlantic
ICE: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Civics 101 (podcast)
Reports
Separated and Deported – In Defense Of
The True Costs of Deportation – The Marshall Project
Do Deportations Lower Crime? Not According to the Data – The Marshall Project
Oversight – ICE’s Escalated Attacks on NYC Policies Protecting Immigrants – Testimony of Commissioner Bitta Mostofi, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs – Before a hearing of the New York City Council Committees on Immigration and Hospitals