Season 2, Episode 3: 'I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives.'

from Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times

Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, “I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives” and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment. Please note: this episode begins with a discussion of the events in Minneapolis, but was recorded prior to the Janaury 24, 2026 shooting of Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, MN.

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