https://zolberginstitute.org/series/unsettled/ en-US 2026 Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times examines Trump administration policies and actions affecting immigration and migrants and their communities. It adopts a broad perspective, seeing immigration policies in the context of constitutional law and principles, US history and our national narrative. The podcast is hosted by Alex Aleinikoff, Senior Fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School; Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and Faculty Co-Director, Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy; and Amanda Frost, David Lurton Massee, Jr., Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law. Unsettled is produced with support from the Oscar M. Reubhausen Fund at Yale Law School, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law, and the Zolberg Institute for Migration and Mobility at The New School. Unsettled is produced by Samantha Gattsek. The cover art was designed by Aam Creative. The music was composed by Achilles Kallergis. Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times examines Trump administration policies and actions affecting immigration and migrants and their communities. It adopts a broad perspective, seeing immigration policies in the context of constitutional law and principles, US history and our national narrative. The podcast is hosted by Alex Aleinikoff, Senior Fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School; Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and Faculty Co-Director, Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy; and Amanda Frost, David Lurton Massee, Jr., Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law. Unsettled is produced with support from the Oscar M. Reubhausen Fund at Yale Law School, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law, and the Zolberg Institute for Migration and Mobility at The New School. Unsettled is produced by Samantha Gattsek. The cover art was designed by Aam Creative. The music was composed by Achilles Kallergis. episodic Catherine McGahan mcgahanc@newschool.edu no Full Season 3, Episode 3: The Shadow Surge in ICE arrests After the nationwide public outcry and opposition to ICE&#8217;s actions in Los Angeles and Chicago, ICE has moved away from neighborhood and workplace sweeps to targeting individuals for arrest and deportation. To get a better understanding of what is happening on American streets and in American communities, we&#8217;re speaking with Jazmíne Ulloa, a reporter at <p>After the nationwide public outcry and opposition to ICE’s actions in Los Angeles and Chicago, ICE has moved away from neighborhood and workplace sweeps to targeting individuals for arrest and deportation. To get a better understanding of what is happening on American streets and in American communities, we’re speaking with Jazmíne Ulloa, a reporter at The New York Times and author of El Paso: Five Families and 100 Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory.</p> <p>After the nationwide public outcry and opposition to ICE’s actions in Los Angeles and Chicago, ICE has moved away from neighborhood and workplace sweeps to targeting individuals for arrest and deportation. To get a better understanding of what is happening on American streets and in American communities, we’re speaking with Jazmíne Ulloa, a reporter at The New York Times and author of El Paso: Five Families and 100 Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory.</p> After the nationwide public outcry and opposition to ICE&#8217;s actions in Los Angeles and Chicago, ICE has moved away from neighborhood and workplace sweeps to targeting individuals for arrest and deportation. To get a better understanding of what is happening on American streets and in American communities, we&#8217;re speaking with Jazmíne Ulloa, a reporter at https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-3-episode-3-the-shadow-surge-in-ice-arrests/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:10:40 +0000 no 00:24:37 3 Full Season 3, Episode 2: International and Undocumented Students This episode looks at recent actions and policies taken by the Trump administration that are having significant impacts on international students and US higher education in general, an appropriate topic at the start of the new academic year. Show Notes Episode Transcript International students D.C. Circuit decision on Optional Practical Training (4 October 2022) Duration <p>This episode looks at recent actions and policies taken by the Trump administration that are having significant impacts on international students and US higher education in general.</p> <p>This episode looks at recent actions and policies taken by the Trump administration that are having significant impacts on international students and US higher education in general.</p> This episode looks at recent actions and policies taken by the Trump administration that are having significant impacts on international students and US higher education in general, an appropriate topic at the start of the new academic year. Show Notes Episode Transcript International students D.C. Circuit decision on Optional Practical Training (4 October 2022) Duration https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-3-episode-2-international-students/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:58:39 +0000 no 00:30:16 3 Full Season 3, Episode 1: Revisiting Birth Right Citizenship This episode revisits birthright citizenship, both the Supreme Court&#8217;s opinion and Trump v. Barbara, and the more recent executive orders where the Trump Administration, once again, tries to take a whack at birthright citizenship. Show Notes Episode Transcript EO 1 Jan 20 2025 (Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship) Trump v Barbara EO <p>This episode revisits birthright citizenship, both the Supreme Court’s opinion and Trump v. Barbara, and the more recent executive orders where the Trump Administration, once again, tries to take a whack at birthright citizenship.</p> <p>This episode revisits birthright citizenship, both the Supreme Court’s opinion and Trump v. Barbara, and the more recent executive orders where the Trump Administration, once again, tries to take a whack at birthright citizenship.</p> This episode revisits birthright citizenship, both the Supreme Court&#8217;s opinion and Trump v. Barbara, and the more recent executive orders where the Trump Administration, once again, tries to take a whack at birthright citizenship. Show Notes Episode Transcript EO 1 Jan 20 2025 (Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship) Trump v Barbara EO https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-3-episode-1-revisiting-birth-right-citizenship/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:44:20 +0000 no 00:22:21 3 Full Episode 7: Coming to America, Then and Now This episode takes a comprehensive look at the first year and a half of the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration policies. How different or similar are the policies and actions we&#8217;re seeing today compared with earlier times in U.S. history? What do these scores of changes add up to? Show Notes Unleashing Power in New Ways: Immigration <p>This episode takes a comprehensive look at the first year and a half of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. How different or similar are the policies and actions we’re seeing today compared with earlier times in U.S. history? What do these scores of changes add up to?</p> <p>This episode takes a comprehensive look at the first year and a half of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. How different or similar are the policies and actions we’re seeing today compared with earlier times in U.S. history? What do these scores of changes add up to?</p> This episode takes a comprehensive look at the first year and a half of the Trump administration&#8217;s immigration policies. How different or similar are the policies and actions we&#8217;re seeing today compared with earlier times in U.S. history? What do these scores of changes add up to? Show Notes Unleashing Power in New Ways: Immigration https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-7-duke-live-event/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:28:49 +0000 no 00:54:22 2 Full Season 2, Episode 6: Supreme Court This episode looks at two cases that the Supreme Court heard in March and April of this year: Noem v. Al Otro Lado and Trump v. Barbara. They’re significant cases that address very different aspects of immigration and citizenship. Show Notes Immigration and Nationality Act section 208, 8 U.S. Code section 1158 Government brief in <p>This episode looks at two cases that the Supreme Court heard in March and April of this year: Noem v. Al Otro Lado and Trump v. Barbara. They’re significant cases that address very different aspects of immigration and citizenship.</p> <p>This episode looks at two cases that the Supreme Court heard in March and April of this year: Noem v. Al Otro Lado and Trump v. Barbara. They’re significant cases that address very different aspects of immigration and citizenship.</p> This episode looks at two cases that the Supreme Court heard in March and April of this year: Noem v. Al Otro Lado and Trump v. Barbara. They’re significant cases that address very different aspects of immigration and citizenship. Show Notes Immigration and Nationality Act section 208, 8 U.S. Code section 1158 Government brief in https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-6-supreme-court/ Mon, 18 May 2026 19:03:46 +0000 no 00:56:00 2 Full Season 2, Episode 5: Immigration Detention This episode looks at immigration detention in the second Trump administration. The administration has been greatly expanding detention facilities by buying warehouses to be converted into eight large-scale detention facilities, with the goal of having these facilities operational by the end of September of this year. The administration intends to use military procurement to speed <p>This episode looks at immigration detention in the second Trump administration. The administration has been greatly expanding detention facilities by buying warehouses to be converted into eight large-scale detention facilities, with the goal of having these facilities operational by the end of September of this year. The administration intends to use military procurement to speed up this transformation.</p> <p>This episode looks at immigration detention in the second Trump administration. The administration has been greatly expanding detention facilities by buying warehouses to be converted into eight large-scale detention facilities, with the goal of having these facilities operational by the end of September of this year. The administration intends to use military procurement to speed up this transformation.</p> This episode looks at immigration detention in the second Trump administration. The administration has been greatly expanding detention facilities by buying warehouses to be converted into eight large-scale detention facilities, with the goal of having these facilities operational by the end of September of this year. The administration intends to use military procurement to speed https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-5-immigration-detention/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:55:14 +0000 no 00:54:31 2 Full Season 2, Episode 4: Rights in the Era of ICE Raids This episode reflects on immigration enforcement in the United States from the perspective of civil liberties, assessing the broader implications of contemporary enforcement practices for constitutional rights and the rule of law. Show Notes Episode Transcript The Alien Enemy Act: History and Potential Use to Remove Members of International Criminal Cartels Enemy Aliens Act 2025 <p>This episode reflects on immigration enforcement in the United States from the perspective of civil liberties, assessing the broader implications of contemporary enforcement practices for constitutional rights and the rule of law.</p> <p>This episode reflects on immigration enforcement in the United States from the perspective of civil liberties, assessing the broader implications of contemporary enforcement practices for constitutional rights and the rule of law.</p> This episode reflects on immigration enforcement in the United States from the perspective of civil liberties, assessing the broader implications of contemporary enforcement practices for constitutional rights and the rule of law. Show Notes Episode Transcript The Alien Enemy Act: History and Potential Use to Remove Members of International Criminal Cartels Enemy Aliens Act 2025 https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-4-rights-in-the-era-of-ice-raids/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:37:20 +0000 no 00:49:49 2 Full Season 2, Episode 3: 'I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives.' Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, &#8220;I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives&#8221; and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment. Please note: this episode begins <p>Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, “I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives” and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment.</p> <p>Please note: this episode begins with a discussion of the events in Minneapolis, but was recorded prior to the Janaury 24, 2026 shooting of Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, MN.</p> <p>Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, “I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives” and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment.</p> <p>Please note: this episode begins with a discussion of the events in Minneapolis, but was recorded prior to the Janaury 24, 2026 shooting of Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, MN.</p> Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, &#8220;I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives&#8221; and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment. Please note: this episode begins https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-3-im-an-immigration-lawyer-trump-is-shattering-my-clients-lives/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:34:16 +0000 no 00:43:17 2 Full Season 2, Episode 2: H-1B Visas David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy at the Cato Institute, joins Hiroshi Motomura and Cristina Rodriguez to discuss the implications of 2025 Executive Order on H-1B visas, what might be motivating that Executive Order, and the ins and outs of economic, labor, and employment migration. Show <p>David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy at the Cato Institute, joins Hiroshi Motomura and Cristina Rodriguez to discuss the implications of 2025 Executive Order on H-1B visas, what might be motivating that Executive Order, and the ins and outs of economic, labor, and employment migration. </p> <p>David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy at the Cato Institute, joins Hiroshi Motomura and Cristina Rodriguez to discuss the implications of 2025 Executive Order on H-1B visas, what might be motivating that Executive Order, and the ins and outs of economic, labor, and employment migration. </p> David J. Bier, Director of Immigration Studies and The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy at the Cato Institute, joins Hiroshi Motomura and Cristina Rodriguez to discuss the implications of 2025 Executive Order on H-1B visas, what might be motivating that Executive Order, and the ins and outs of economic, labor, and employment migration. Show https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/season-2-episode-2-h-1b-visas/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:31:12 +0000 no 00:44:05 2 Full Season 2, Episode 1: The Trump Administration's War on Venezuelan Migrants Jon Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses his recent article in the magazine, &#8220;Enemies of the State: How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.&#8221; In telling the story of a Venezuelan couple living in Chicago, one of whom was sent to CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador, and one deported <p>Jon Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses his recent article in the magazine, “Enemies of the State: How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.” In telling the story of a Venezuelan couple living in Chicago, one of whom was sent to CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador, and one deported to Venezuela, Blitzer lays bare the unconscionable policies of the Administration. He also describes his reporting on Aurora, Colorado, the city visited by Trump during the 2024 campaign and where Trump announced his plans to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.</p> <p>Jon Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses his recent article in the magazine, “Enemies of the State: How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.” In telling the story of a Venezuelan couple living in Chicago, one of whom was sent to CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador, and one deported to Venezuela, Blitzer lays bare the unconscionable policies of the Administration. He also describes his reporting on Aurora, Colorado, the city visited by Trump during the 2024 campaign and where Trump announced his plans to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.</p> Jon Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses his recent article in the magazine, &#8220;Enemies of the State: How the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in the U.S.&#8221; In telling the story of a Venezuelan couple living in Chicago, one of whom was sent to CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador, and one deported https://zolberginstitute.org/podcast/episode-1-the-trump-administrations-war-on-venezuelan-migrants/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:16:42 +0000 no 00:43:55 2