News Digest: Green Card Chaos, Hunger Strikes, and Stern Dad Energy
We dive underneath the latest immigration headlines to make sense of the senseless.
Why did the Trump administration threaten to shut down U.S. green card processing? Why did the press believe that Markwayne Mullin would be a kinder, gentler DHS Secretary than Kristi Noem? Why is Marco Rubio’s State Department promoting the expulsion of people like Marco Rubio?
Plus a 30-second new play and a beautiful story from the steps of the Supreme Court.
In This Episode
- Intro
- The Stone of Destiny
- The green card disaster
- Do you want to read the little play I wrote?
- Hunger strike at a New Jersey ICE facility
- Markwayne Mullin goes bananas
- Welcome to the new DHS, same as the old DHS
- Is Stephen Miller “in retreat”?
- The unspeakable ugliness of “Remigration”
- Funding battles in Congress
- The DIGNITY Act
- Dueling think tanks
- The Supreme Court and birthright citizenship
- The Supreme Court and Temporary Protected Status
- The continuing destruction of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Super-secret easter egg
Learn More
Amanda, Claire, and Doug express their own personal opinions on The Melting Pod. This episode was produced by Michael Palmer (palmer.media). Read more about the topics in this episode:
Trump’s Insane Green Card Policy Doesn’t Have to Be Legal to Work (w/ Doug Rand)
Trump on green cards: Speak loudly and carry a little stick
Sen. Andy Kim Seeks Changes After Delaney Hall Melee
What to Know About Protests at New Jersey ICE Facility
Trump’s DHS chief rocked by wild rumor about his WIFE
Stephen Miller in Retreat
How Trump’s Minneapolis Immigration Blitz Hobbled Federal Crime Fighting
Under Trump, State Department Language on Migration Echoes That of White Nationalists
We spend more on ICE and CBP than all other federal law enforcement combined
Why MAGA has a problem with Maria [DIGNITY Act]
The Case for a Different Approach
No More Back Doors: Recapturing the Public’s Trust on Immigration
Supreme Court Appears Likely to Side Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship
Haiti & Syria Temporary Protected Status Case at Supreme Court: What You Need to Know
Trump Secretly Overhauled Citizenship Agency to Focus on Deportations
New Ban Bars Half of Legal Immigrants, Even Citizens’ Spouses & Kids
Press Unpause – USCIS Adjudication Pause Tracker
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