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Immigration Nation

May 29, 2018

It's the final episode of our first season! Usually you want to go out on a high note, but the work ahead and the specter of egregious immigration policies yet to come make that a difficult task. Fortunately, Kara Lynum is joined in-studio again by Ana Potratz-Acosta to answer some of your questions from the...


May 21, 2018

From mothers being separated from their children to minors representing themselves in court, the immigration policies of the United States pose a significant burden to kids. Michelle Rivero of Rivero Law Office joins Kara Lynum to discuss what children experience at the US border. 


May 15, 2018

There's a lot of talk about the issue of deportation in the United States. Brian Aust of Aust Schmiechen joins Kara to discuss the deportation process (now called "removal") and how the experience doesn't carry the same due process as many Americans might expect. 


May 7, 2018

Host Kara Lynum sits down with Anne Applebaum of the Immigrant Law Center (www.ilcm.org) to discuss the steps that must be taken to become a naturalized citizen. They also discuss common challenges and the many ways a person can find themselves permanently ineligible. 


May 1, 2018

Host Kara Lynum brings an update on the caravan from Central America carrying asylum seekers as well as dubious statements from the Trump administration on the asylee's claims.

She also discusses the process of seeking asylum and the violations ICE would be committing by not allowing people who are physically at the...