Talking Immigration Catarina Wignall

What is Title 42? How does Title 42 work in practice? How has Title 42 affected the number of people arriving and being apprehended at the border? Is what's happening at the border a crisis? If or when Title 42 is ended, what would happen? Guest: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Policy Counsel with the American Immigration Council

What are the major government agencies that deal with immigration? Is there a single US government agency that deals with immigration? What is USCIS, ICE, and Border Patrol and what do they do? Who oversees immigration court? Is the Office of Refugee Resettlement a part of the Dept of Homeland Security? What other agencies deal with immigration? Guest: Aaron Hall, Immigration attorney and partner at Joseph and Hall, P.C.

How many immigrants work in agriculture? Why are so many farmworkers undocumented? What is the process for a farm to legally hire a temporary H2-A visa farmworker? What are the limits on these temporary H2-A visas? What are some of the challenges facing immigrant farmworkers? Guest: Mary Jo Dudley, Director of the Cornell Farmworker Program

Who is considered an unaccompanied minor? What are the potential outcomes for a child who comes to the border? What exactly is "Family Separation" at the border? What happens when children are separated from their parents or family? What are some of the challenges with reunification efforts? Guest: Anilu Chadwick, Senior Attorney, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

What is immigration detention? Who is in immigration detention and how long do people stay there? What is detention like? What are the possible outcomes for someone in detention? How much does detention cost? What are the alternatives to detention and are they effective? Guest: Laurence Benenson, Interim Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, National Immigration Forum

What does it mean to be in removal proceedings? Are there priorities for who should be removed from the US? What is a "defense against removal?" Does everyone have the option to present a defense? What are some types of relief against removal and how do they work? Guest: Patrick Taurel, Senior Immigration Attorney with Clark Hill PLC