From time to time, I’m lucky to be invited to wax philosophical and legal on a wide range of U.S. immigration topics dear to my heart.
I had that good fortune twice recently.
One involved an extended conversation of about 40 minutes with Theresa Cardinal Brown, Senior Advisor on Immigration/Border Security at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and the second, about as long, with Barnaby Merrill, Editor of The Legal 500.
In “Fixing the H-1B Lottery,” I discussed with Theresa the history and present state of the H-1B lottery for professionals in specialty occupations, and explained popular and social media misunderstandings about existing H-1B provisions, as well as the safeguards against abuse already in the Immigration and Nationality Act and in Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security regulations. I also offered suggestions on how Congress and the White House could improve the program.
With Barnaby, the topic was “US immigration changes during Trump 2.0.” I chatted about immigration history going back decades and on how the Trump Administration, with an array of executive orders, and agency memoranda, has taken steps to change immigration comprehensively and dramatically.
If you can listen and drive at the same time (without endangering yourself or others), please lend an ear or two to these — dare I humbly say, informative and engaging — podcasts.