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Immigration Today!

Join Clark Hill’s Angeline Chen, a leading immigration attorney, in discussing the impacts of US immigration law and policy. On Immigration Today, Angeline interviews leaders, experts, advocates and volunteers in immigration and immigrant rights on the issues, their experiences and their advice on how YOU can make a difference.

44. How a DACA Organizer Became a Leading Activist For Immigration Rights in El Paso – Claudia Yoli Ferla, Executive Director at MOVE Texas

40 mins; February 20, 2025

43. Storytelling as a Tool for Social Change – Dr. Pierre R. Berastain, Interim Executive Director at Centre for Public Impact

38 mins; January 09, 2025

42. How Newly Arrived Immigrants are Adjusting to America Via the Classroom – Jessica Lander, Teacher at Lowell High School and Author of Making Americans

36 mins; December 12, 2024

41. Getting Out the Vote! - Antonio Arellano VP of Communications at NextGen America

37 mins; October 31, 2024

40. Dr. Jason De Leon, Anthropologist and Author of Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

35 mins; October 04, 2024

39. Leading a World of Social Change through Philanthropy – Megan Thomas from Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties

41 mins; May 14, 2024

38. The Fear of Access to Public Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants with Celia Valdez from Maternal and Child Health Access (MCHA) and Immigration Attorney Nora Phillips

50 mins; April 24, 2024

37. Efrén C. Olivares, Immigration Attorney and Author of My Boy Will Die of Sorrow: A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines

33 mins; March 26, 2024

36. Trump’s Zero Tolerance Policy and how RAICES Showed Up – Faisal Al-Juburi, Chief External Affairs Officer for RAICES

56 mins; February 14, 2024

35. Giving for Good: A Conversation with Eliza Brennan, Senior Program Officer, Education & Migration at International Community Foundation (ICF)

40 mins; January 22, 2024

34. Why are Migrants Being Dropped off in Buses? An Interview with ED of CHIRLA Angelica Salas

38 mins; November 27, 2023

33. Discussing Professor Hing’s Book, Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System

37 mins; October 23, 2023

32. Immigration is a Black Issue! – Patrice Lawrence from UndocuBlack Network

45 mins; July 19, 2023

31. Serving and Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors in LA – A Conversation with Carmen McDonald, ED from Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ)

38 mins; July 05, 2023

30. How a Daughter of an Immigrant Family became a Lawyer at the Largest Video Streaming Service in the World - A Conversation with Keya Koul, Business & Legal Affairs Counsel at Netflix

55 mins; May 31, 2023

29. An Interview with Creators of Documentary Film “Seeking Asylum” – Rae Ceretto and Kelly Scott from Honeypot Productions

36 mins; May 16, 2023

28. Anyone can be a Victim of Human Trafficking – An Interview with Erika Gonzalez from The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)

52 mins; April 27, 2023

27. Deporting Veterans – Fact or Fiction? – An Interview with Amanda Schuft from Immigrant Defenders Law Center

53 mins; March 28, 2023

26. How One Person Started a Movement to Heal Skid Row - An Interview with Andy Bales, CEO of Union Rescue Mission

50 mins; March 08, 2023

25. The Intersection between Reproductive Justice and Immigrant Rights – A Conversation with Juliana Serrano, Vice President of Advocacy & Equity at Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley

47 mins; January 12, 2023

24. Majoring in Grit – The Real Challenge for an Undocumented Student isn’t the Classwork – An interview with Attorney Jessica Viramontes from CARECEN

31 mins; December 06, 2022

23. The Truth About The U.S. Border Patrol: Jenn Budd, Former Border Patrol Agent Turned Activist and Author of “Against The Wall”

46 mins; November 11, 2022

22. How An Undocumented Immigrant Became A U.S. Permanent Resident And Is Using His Story To Make Change–A Conversation With Digital Strategist Juan Escalante

48 mins; October 27, 2022

21. Breaking Anti-immigration Narratives on YouTube – An Interview with Shauna Siggelkow from Define American

39 mins; September 30, 2022

20. The Real Economics of Immigration - An Interview with Professor and Author Tara Watson

34 mins; June 06, 2022

19. The Different Treatment of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Mexican Border – A Talk with Ginger Cline from Al Otro Lado

33 mins; May 05, 2022

18. Healing at the Border: Discussing the Medical Need at the U.S.-Mexican Border with Laura M. Vargas and Dr. Hannah Janeway from Refugee Health Alliance

43 mins; April 18, 2022

17. A Conversation on Anti-Asian Hate and AAPI Activism – Connie Chung Joe, CEO of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles

45 mins; March 29, 2022

16. How to Create Real Change by Getting Involved with Local and State Immigration Policies – Shiu-Ming Cheer from the California Immigrant Policy Center

36 mins; March 02, 2022

15. The Battle to End Immigrant Detention with Immigrant Rights Activist Maru-Mora Villalpando

51 mins; February 11, 2022

14. How a Dreamer Channels Social Media to Tell Her Story and Create Change - A Conversation with Sara Mora

49 mins; January 28, 2022

13. Empowering Immigrants Through International Cuisine – with Meymuna Hussein-Cattan from Flavors From Afar

29 mins; December 13, 2021

12. The Dreamer Who Sued the U.S. Government and Won – A Conversation with Dulce Garcia from Border Angels

49 mins; November 29, 2021

11. U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants – with Guerline Jozef from Haitian Bridge Alliance

48 mins; November 11, 2021

10. Helping Afghan Refugees One List at a Time – with Miry Whitehill from Miry’s List

53 mins; October 27, 2021

9. A discussion on Government Surveillance of U.S. Citizens - with Mohammad Tajsar from ACLU Southern California

57 mins; October 15, 2021

8. How Music Crosses Borders – with Artist Nancy Sanchez

38 mins; September 29, 2021

7. The Fate of Unaccompanied Minors Coming to the U.S. – Lindsay Toczylowski from Immigrant Defenders Law Center

58 mins; September 16, 2021

6. The Afghanistan Crisis – How Can You Help? – With Sima Alizadeh from PARS Equality Center

38 mins; September 02, 2021

5. Does U.S. Asylum Law Really Exist? The Reality of Those Living on the Margins of the U.S.-Mexican Border – with Nicole Ramos from Al Otro Lado

46 mins; August 25, 2021

4. Federal Tort Claims Act: What Everyone Should Know – Trina Realmuto from National Immigration Litigation Alliance

31 mins; August 11, 2021

3. A Look Inside a Migrant Shelter in TJ, Mexico – Leticia Herrera, Pro Amore Dei

21 mins; March 30, 2021

2. Highlights of Biden’s Immigration Bill and Will it Pass? – Angelica Salas from CHIRLA

45 mins; February 19, 2021

1. What’s Still Happening at the US-Mexico Border - Erika Pinheiro from Al Otro Lado

47 mins; February 01, 2021

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1 min; January 21, 2021

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