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Parsing Immigration Policy6 episodes

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Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

The Welcome Corps: A ‘Private’ Refugee Program Funded by Taxpayers

Summary The State Department recently launched the Welcome Corps, billed as a “private” refugee sponsorship program modeled on last year’s arrangement for Ukrainians paroled into the U.S. The program permits a group of five or more private citizens in the United States, including legal permanent residents, to take over the roles of the State Department, the UN, and government-funded contractors in selecting and resettling refugees. Nayla Rush, a senior researcher at the Center and guest on Parsing Immigration Policy, said, “The ostensible goal of the refugee resettlement program is to bring the most at-risk, vulnerable refugees to the United States. My concern is how refugees brought in through the Welcome Corps are going to be selected. Citizens and even conditional green card holders can sponsor and even identify the refugee to be brought to the United States, automatically qualifying for benefits and then citizenship in five years.” The program is being pitched as the “private” sponsorship of refugees.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies

October 2022

Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Panel Podcast: The Ukraine War and Its Impacts on Migration

Summary A series of recent missile strikes by Russia against Ukrainian cities, including Lviv, the western city that has been housing a large number of the internally displaced Ukrainians, has increased the likelihood of a new wave of Ukrainian refugees. But other factors - including potential energy disruptions in Ukraine this winter and in food and fertilizer exports leading to famine in Africa - are also expected to impact the number of migrants from Ukraine and Africa. These and other issues were addressed in a panel discussion, sponsored jointly by the Center for Immigration Studies and the Hungarian Migration Research Institute. Experts from the United States and Europe examined the refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) challenges produced by the war and faced by Ukraine, Europe, Africa, and the United States. Mark Krikorian, the Center’s executive director and host of Parsing Immigration Policy, moderates this rebroadcast of the Center's recent panel. Host Mark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies

June 2022

Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Ukrainian Refugees: Report from the Front Lines

View Podcast Archive Summary A panel discussion was held and sponsored jointly by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and the Hungarian Migration Research Institute (MRI), which examined the challenges posed by the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unleashed a deluge of refugees on Europe comparable in size only to the massive displacement of people at the end of World War II. Front-line countries in Europe – Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, and Romania – opened their borders to those fleeing Ukraine, and the EU in an historic decision offered them temporary protection, including the right to work. The United States has focused on helping Ukrainians where they are in Europe, pledging up to $5 billion in humanitarian assistance. In addition, however, the Biden administration has pledged to take in 100,000 Ukrainians, granted Temporary Protected Status to those already in the U.S., and created the “Unity for Ukraine” program to allow individuals to sponsor Ukrainians who don't want to stay in the EU.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies

April 2022

Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Ukrainian Refugees in Europe and the U.S.

Summary A new report and podcast from the Center for Immigration Studies provides an overview of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, which has seen more than four million people flee Ukraine for neighboring countries. The report describes the European Union’s response to those seeking protection in various countries in the region and also highlights the U.S. response, which has been primarily aimed at providing economic and humanitarian assistance to enable Ukrainians to remain in their own region. However, President Biden, under pressure from refugee advocates, eventually committed to resettling 100,000 Ukrainians. The report provides a snapshot of the Ukrainian population already resettled in the U.S. which these individuals would be joining. Most Ukrainians already resettled in the U.S. arrived under the “Lautenberg Amendment”, a Cold War-era program that gives priority to Ukrainians and others from the former Soviet Union who claim to be persecuted because of membership in a religious minority group.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies

August 2021

Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Afghan Refugees: How Many? How to Vet?

Summary With the fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, large numbers of Afghans are fleeing the country. In particular, the United States has sought to evacuate those Afghans who would be in danger of Taliban reprisals for their cooperation with American authorities. To discuss this urgent issue, this week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy features two analysts at the Center for Immigration Studies. Dr. Nayla Rush, a senior researcher at the Center, explains the potential size of the flow of people to the United States from Afghanistan and the various programs (like Special Immigrant Visas and the Priority 2 refugee program) that Afghans will use to move here. This week's other panelist is Dan Cadman, a 30-year veteran of INS and ICE, who addresses the security, fraud, and health issues stemming from a large-scale admission of people from Afghanistan. Cadman specifically casts doubt on the feasibility of meaningful vetting of Afghans before they are relocated to the United States.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies

July 2021

Parsing Immigration Policy
Parsing Immigration Policy

Don’t Come to the U.S. Illegally – We’ll Come Get You!

Summary The ever-expanding Central American Minors Refugee/Parole program (CAM), launched in 2014 (and expanded in 2016) by the Obama administration, and terminated in 2017 by the Trump administration, has expanded further under the Biden administration. In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Dr. Nayla Rush, a senior researcher at the Center for Immigration Studies, explains how an in-country processing family unification program for those who came to the United States illegally has expanded under the Biden administration to include adults unrelated to the petitioner, married adult children, and even the relatives of U-visa applicants – illegal immigrants claiming to be victims of certain crimes. Will expansion of those eligible to apply for the CAM program solve the border crisis? Rush explains why the program will not discourage unaccompanied minors and other migrants/asylum seekers from showing up at our border.
Host:
Mark Krikorian
Organization
Center for Immigration Studies