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Detention Deaths, Deportation Numbers, and Systemic Violence: My Conversation on The Majority Report
I joined Emma Vigeland to discuss the 16th detention death of 2026, the for-profit detention pipeline in rural Louisiana, and what the latest…
Apr 16
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New Show "The Melting Pod" Pulls Back the Curtain on How Immigration Policy Works on the Inside
Claire Trickler-McNulty, Doug Rand, and Amanda Baran get honest about the untold successes and failures of past immigration policy efforts and helps us…
Apr 10
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Centers or Camps or Jails (oh my!): What Should We Call Immigrant Detention Now?
Author and journalist John Washington and I sat down for a targeted conversation that explored the power of language in our immigration enforcement…
Apr 9
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"It Still Feels Like the Life We Had Was Shattered": A Follow-Up Conversation with Julie Moreno of American Families United
Five months after her husband Neff left the United States, Julie Moreno is still here, speaking out, showing up, and refusing to let the country forget…
Apr 8
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ICE Is Violating Its Own Family Separation Policies: A Conversation with Zain Lakhani
Zain Lakhani explains how the United States is creating a long-term family separation crisis that will last for decades and why we urgently need to…
Mar 31
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The ICE Detention Boom: Our Conversation with Kara Swisher
Ximena Bustillo, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, and I talked about immigrant detention with Kara Swisher. Listen to the latest episode of the On With Kara…
Mar 23
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The Alternatives to Mass Immigrant Detention No One is Talking about w/ Claire Trickler-McNulty
Claire Trickler-McNulty and I discuss the non-detained docket, alternatives to mass detention, and why we're teaming up to research what actually works…
Mar 3
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Unpacking Immigration Themes in Trump's 2026 State of the Union Address w/ Andrea Flores and Austin Kocher
Trump's speech to Congress was a belabored slog through recycled grievances, misinformation, and hyperbole – but we managed pull out key observation…
Feb 25
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Andrea R. Flores
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Investigating ICE's Mass Detention System: A Conversation with Doug MacMillan
Yesterday I sat down with Doug MacMillan from The Washington Post for a conversation about his reporting on ICE detention.
Feb 18
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"Instead of thinking about what (or where) a border is, ask: what does a border do?"
Listen to my wide-ranging interview with Eleanor Goldfield at Project Censored. I explain how we can use big ideas from political geography to make…
Jan 27
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Toward a Positive Vision for Immigration Policy in 2026
I sat down with Andrea Flores, who spent 15 years on immigration policy inside government, to discuss why the old reform playbook isn't working and what…
Dec 17, 2025
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We Don't Rescue Migrants—We Rescue Shipwreck Victims: What Spain's Maritime Rescue Operations Reveal About Border Politics
In this conversation with Luna Vives, we discuss her new book The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe (University of…
Oct 29, 2025
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