Professor Rodríguez Co-Hosts New Podcast on Immigration Policies
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Professor Cristina Rodríguez ’00 has launched a new podcast with colleagues from the New School and UCLA School of Law that examines the dramatic immigration policies of the Trump administration and what they mean for immigrants, Americans, and the constitutional order.
“Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times” is cohosted by Rodríguez, Alex Aleinikoff5 ’77 (The New School), and Hiroshi Motomura6 (UCLA School of Law).
The podcast adopts a broad perspective on immigration issues, viewing policies in the context of constitutional law and principles, U.S. history, and our evolving national narrative, according to its website7.
In the first episode, the co-hosts examine what has become “unsettled” about immigration law and politics today. The second episode features Georgetown law professor Stephen I. Vladeck ’04 and discusses efforts to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate of Columbia and a lawful permanent resident, and the implications of the case for the freedom of speech and due process guarantees. In subsequent episodes, they will enlist expert guests to grapple with the forces shaping America’s immigration landscape today.
Aleinikoff is senior fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School, where he serves as executive dean. Motomura is Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy.
At Yale Law School, Rodríguez’s research and teaching focus on constitutional, administrative, and immigration law. She also serves as faculty director of the Carol and Gene Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership.
“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.
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