Around 1.2 million refugees need resettling globally, but states have committed to resettling only one-tenth of that number. Alex Aleinikoff sat down with the International Rescue Committee on Displaced, a new weekly podcast from the IRC and Vox Media, to discuss one of the most promising solutions to the refugee crisis- freedom of movement.
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Watch the video from the 9/2/2020 Think & Drink @ Home: Entry Denied with Alex Aleinikoff, Professor and Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School and Deborah Amos, Correspondent for NPR.
The death of 7 year old Jakelin Caal while in Border Patrol custody is a tragedy, and it is sadly emblematic of Trump Administration border policies that have devastated families, undermined U.S. asylum laws and betrayed traditional American values. Alex Aleinikoff, Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, takes
Two actions of the Trump Administration have sought to make it practically impossible for women who are victims of intimate partner violence to apply for and be granted asylum in the United States. The first is an action by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to overturn a decision of the Board of Immigration appeals granting asylum to
President Trump has dominated the pre-election news by returning to a theme that probably brought him the Presidency— immigration. Roberto Suro discusses the politics of the Trump strategy, the failure of an effective response from the Democrats, and how older narratives of immigration may not work for the current historical moment.
