Episodes
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In Defense of the Criminal Alien
In this (one-off?) special reunion episode, the hosts and attorneys Stephen Robbins (@yakimaabogado.bsky.social) and Matthew Archambeaut discuss the term 'criminal alien.'
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Farewell
Matthew and I have decided to hang up the headphones and wanted to shove off with one final show. Thanks to all the listeners and patrons who supported us along the way. We truly appreciate it. I wish I had more time to dedicate to this space, but unfortunately we're both so busy and frankly...
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Pleadings
This week on Redirect Matthew and I are joined by Professor Michael Kagan (@MichaelGKagan) from UNLV about pleadings in immigration court. It has become accepted as part of immigration law "culture" that allegations are admitted to at the beginning of removal proceedings in order to move things...
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State of the Union
This week Matthew and I discuss the recent State of the Union address. Republicans scare monger about fetanyl and house prices. Blaming your troubles on immigrants is as American as apple pie, but the rhetoric does seem to be ramping up. Is it worse than in years past, or are we suffering from...
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Immigration and Labor Rights
This week Matthew and I talk about a a recent announcement by the Biden administration that they will provide certain relief to immigrants who are exploited in the work place. The announcement can be found here. We share stories from our clients about their deplorable working conditions, and...
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Resolutions
This week Matthew and I showed up and recorded something. We broke up the band and got back together in the same episode. We talked about the current state of immigration lawyering. It turns out we're both feeling a bit burned out and exhausted. However, we've decided to dust off our gym shoes…
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The DREAM Act
After the midterms democrats in the senate have vowed to take up the DREAM Act. It doesn't seem like they have the votes, which is depressing. Opposition to the DREAM Act is often wrapped up in "concerns" about "floodgates," or "border security," but these are simply ways to offuscate and avoid a...
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Carrot and Stick
Democrats don't carrot all and the republicans want to stick them in camps. This week Matthew and I talk about HSI and marriage fraud, "United for Venezuela" and the expansion of Title 42. A series of unforced errors!
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Punk'd Politics
This week we're joined by fellow immigration attorney Matt Cameron (@matt_cam) to discuss the fall out of the Ron Desantis Martha's Vineyard "stunt." Deterrence policy is always cruel, and this was no exception. Like most rightwing jokes, it was also extraordinarily stupid. We also took a crack…
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Latest Border Updates, Martha's Vineyard Lib Owning
This week Matthew and I are joined by fellow immigration attorney Taylor Levy to talk about the situation on the border. Taylor is one of the most knowledgable attorneys when it comes to what is actually happening on the U.S./Mexico border. We also asked about the recent series of...
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Queen Status: Still Dead
This week Matthew and I get together to check in on the status of her Majesty and to discuss developments in our immigration practices. DACA, removal proceedings, our relationships with ICE and more.
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The Battle for Worst
I quibbled and squabbled over scrabble and tribbles. This week we're happy to be joined by Sonia Lenegan, an immigration advocate and solicitor in the U.K. Sonia works as a legal and policy director at a charity helping asylum seekers. We wanted to see which country has the worse immigration...
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Nobody is Protected
This week on Redirect: Immigration Law and Perspectives we're joined by Dr. Reece Jones, author of Nobody is Protected: How the Border Patrol Became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the United States. Dr. Jones is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Enviroment at University...
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The Growing Surveillance State
This week we're joined by Austin Kocher to talk abou the growing surveillance aparatus being used by ICE. Austin Kocher is an Assistant Professor at @TRACReports @SyracuseU, Graduate of @OSUGeography and friend of the show.
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LGBTQ Issues and Immigration
This week we're joined by Sarah Pitney, fellow immigration attorney extraordinaire, to discuss the intersection of LGBTQ issues and immigration. This was a great conversation and I learned a lot. Sarah Pitney is a Senior Attorney at Benach Collopy LLP. Sarah joined Benach Collopy after serving as...
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Full Speed Ahead
This week Matthew and I discuss the administration's efforts to speed up the asylum application process. For a system as broken as this one, these changes amount to window dressing. But it is at least a step in the right direction?
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ATDs
This week we're joined by Austin Kocher (@ackocher), assistant professor at the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) to talk about "Alternatives to Detention." As it turns out, these technologies are rarely used as "alternatives," but rather "in addition to" detention. TRAC has some...
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Marijuana and Tweeting
This week Matthew and I work our way through a couple of recent immigration stories. The owner of a marijuana dispensary has her naturalization application denied for a lack of "good moral character," an attorney tweeting about MPP hearings is asked to take down her tweets, and more.
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Catching Up
This week Matthew and I try to play catch up. It's been just over a year with the Biden administration, and with a few exceptions things remain . . . pretty terrible? The administration continues to defend some of the worst Trump policies in court, while the agencies remain deeply scarred from…
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Break
We're going to be taking a little break from the podcast. A recent cancer diagnosis in the family has me stretched for time, and frankly not in the right headspace for "entertaining." Hopefully it's a short break, but we'll see. Thank you so much for all the kind words of support from over the...
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The Asylumist
This week we're happy to have back Jason Dzubow, fellow immigration attorney and the author of The Asylumist: How to Seek Asylum in the United States and Keep Your Sanity. Jason talks about his recent experiences with Afghan asylum seekers, practice pointers for old timers like Matthew, and more.
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White Borders
This week we're joined by Professor Reece Jones to talk about his latest book,White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.
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Disarray
This week Matthew and I discuss the new DHS enforcement memo, disarray at the department, and we try out our tin foil hats for a minute.
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AHAB
NEIGH! Yes, all horses are bastards which is why we here are Redirect are thrilled with the recent announcement by the White House that horses will no longer be used (for now) on the border (a particular stretch of the border that is). Problem solved! This week we're thrilled to be joined by...
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Absurdities and More
This week we're joined by Matthew Hoppock to talk about the Supreme Court forcing Biden to reimplement the "Migrant Protection Protocols," A Trump era policy designed for force asylum seekers to wait out their case processing in Mexico. We also talk about a federal judge who blocked the...
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Afghanistan
Sharifa Abbasi and Alexa August from The HMA Law Firm join us this week to discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and how it is affecting immigrants and current citizens. Matthew and I compare the struggles that are ubiquitous within the system, discuss chronic issues for immigration from...
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Detention Watch
This week we're joined by Silky Shah (@silkys13) from the Detention Watch Network to talk about ongoing efforts to end immigration detention. In Matthew's neck of the woods a group of lawyers have written a letter to try and keep one detained court *open,* and the New Jersey Bar Association came...
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Discretion
This week we're joined by Dara Lind (@dlind), an immigration reporter from Pro Publica who wrote a great piece about how the new Biden "prosecutorial discretion" memo is (or isn't) being implemented. You can check out her writing here.
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Time for Reform
This week I'm joined by Jorge Baron from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project to discuss the recent DACA ruling, immigration reform through reconciliation, and more.
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Reconciliation and DACA
Matthew is on vacation this week and I'm flying solo, talking about reconciliation and the hope of immigration reform, a federal judge putting the breaks on DACA, and the cruelty of the legal immigration system.
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Crisis TM
This week we're joined by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick from the American Immigration Council to talk about border myths, moats, and black paint. What's going on with the crisis at the border? Why is title 42 still in place? All this and SO much more this week on Redirect.
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Big Changes
This week Matthew and I discuss the recent changes by Merrick Garland in rolling back Matter of AB and LEA, developing prosecutorial discretion and more.
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Don't Come, and Prosecutorial Discretion
This week on Redirect Matthew and I discuss the Vice President's recent trip to Guatemala where she admonished would-be migrants not to come, and to pursue "legal" avenues instead. It turns out asylum *is* legal. Oh well. Also, ICE prosecutors are finally armed with some real guidance on how and...
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Deportation Abolition
This week we're joined by fellow immigration attorney Sophia Gurule from the Bronx Defenders to talk about deportation abolition, how to frame our push for immigration reform, and more.
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Dysfunction: A Historical Look at the Immigration Courts with Professor Alison Peck
This week we're joined by Professor Alison Peck to talk about her new book, The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts: War, Fear, and the Roots of Dysfunction. It's an excellent read for anyone who is interested in just how we got to this point. Buy it at local bookstore near you.
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Thinking Big
This week we're joined by Liz Keyes, associate professor of law at the University of Baltimore, and Austin Kocher, a research associate professor with the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research institute that uses Freedom of Information Act requests to study the federal...
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Boehner's Confused
We're back for another episode of Redirect, Immigration Law and Perspectives, and John Boehner is back! He's here to sell books and express frustration and confusion over the rise of nutty nut jobs in the Republican party. Who could have predicted this, other than anyone with a brain? Boehner…
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Disappointed
Matthew and I drag ourselves to the recording studio to talk about how disappointing things have been.
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Rural . . . heritage?
This week Matthew and I discuss the Farm Worker Modernization, a bill that aims to . . . "preserve our rural heritage"? While there are a lot of benefits to be reaped, it was clearly written and designed by growers who are focused on suppressing wages and bringing cheap labor from abroad. Not...
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Open Border Dystopia EXPOSED
This week Matthew brings his sunny disposition but Stephen reminds him why things are still terrible. Also, we're joined by Taylor Levy (@taylorklevy), an incredible immigration who works in El Paso to talk about what the H is going on at the border. Listen and learn!
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Kids in Facilities
Cages. Facilities. Processing Centers. We get an important update on the status of family and child detention with one of our favorite colleagues, Bridget Cambria.
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Bidensty
This week Matthew and I parse over the "day 1" immigration reform that recently dropped. It's pretty good! Also, the Biden administration backs off their deportation pause and day 1 enforcement priorities. Check out our patreon at patreon.com/redirect, subscribe, comment, etc. etc.
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Biden Stands by Trump Bans
This week on Redirect we're joined by Curtis Morrison to discuss how Trump managed to (quietly) end most immigration in 2020, and how so far the Biden administration has stood by those policies. Early grades for the Biden administration and #freebritney Don't forget to become a patron at...
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Brunch?
This week we're joined by Professor Alina Das from NYU to discuss Biden's first week in office, whether we're allowed to feel "good," and how to best push our representatives towards a more fair immigration system.
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Reboot the Court
This week on Redirect, Immigration Law and Perspectives we're talking to friend-of-the-show Matthew Hoppock (@MatthewHoppock). We chat about feeling totally burned out, trying to keep up with immigration changes during the Trump administration, and how the Immigration Court is broken beyond…
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Goodbye, 2020
On today's show Matthew and I discuss the year 2020, getting burned out as immigration attorneys, COVID, and our hopes for the new year.
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Festivus for the Rest of Us
This week we're joined by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick from the American Immigration Council for our annual festivus show. Leaf blowers, weather, ICE and more.
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DACA's Back
This week we're joined by friend of the show Hassan Ahmad to talk about the Trump administration's torching of the immigration system on their way out the door, the restoration of DACA, and keeping a hopeful mentality in these tough times.
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Fast Tracking Deportation
This week the Executive Office of Immigration Reform, also known as the Immigration Courts, published a memo that aims to fast track removal cases. I immediately thought of former Immigration Judge Paul A. DeFonzo who was very meticulous and deliberate in how he handled his docket. I was able to...
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Thanks
This week we're joined by Nora Phillips and Diego Aranda Teixeira to give thanks and talk smack.