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Why is Congress Giving Stephen Miller Another $70 Billion? Join Me for a Live Conversation with NILC's Heidi Altman about the Latest DHS…
Join us live on June 17 at 10am to discuss Congress's latest blank check for ICE and Border Patrol, the guardrails Congress stripped, and what it means…
 • Austin Kocher
This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers (June 13, 2026)
Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers! I’ll highlight some of the main takeaways from the week’s news that you…
 • Austin Kocher
In Good Company: Nine Immigration Conversations You Might Have Missed This Week
A Friday medley of ICYMIs: Documented Q&A on immigration data, deported veterans on The Raid podcast, a St. Louis enforcement dashboard with Ashrei…
 • Austin Kocher
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The British Are Coming! UK Journalist Tom Latchem on Exposing Stephen Miller's Cruel Immigration Policies in a Post-Truth White House
Daily Beast correspondent Tom Latchem on his PunchUp investigation into a DHS-built deportation system inside Panama, the five-day appeal window, and…
 • Austin Kocher and Tom Latchem
1:01:01
Nayna Gupta and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the Core Principles of a Fair and Functional Immigration Enforcement System
Experts from the American Immigration Council urge us to move beyond all-or-nothing approaches to enforcement and lay out a practical framework that…
 • Austin Kocher
49:29
World Cup Hospitality: Adam Sawyer on Building Relevant Football, Welcoming Soccer Fans, and Combining Data and Narrative in Sports
Relevant Football's visionary Adam Sawyer discusses the 2026 Men's World Cup, FIFA corruption, ICE enforcement fears, and using data from 48 competing…
 • Austin Kocher and Adam Sawyer
Introducing Relevant Football: Using the FIFA World Cup to Learn About the World
Launch day! ⚽ We built Relevant Football to turn 2026 FIFA World Cup fandom into a chance to learn about all 48 competing nations, from GDP and…
 • Austin Kocher and Adam Sawyer
ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional
Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to…
 • Austin Kocher
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"Do Not Give One More Dollar to ICE": Heidi Altman on the Latest $70B Enforcement Bill, the Importance of Citizenship, and How to Claw Back…
NILC's Heidi Altman joins me to discuss how Congress's latest enforcement funding bill fuels mass detention, strips transparency and accountability, and…
 • Austin Kocher
46:39
The British Are Coming! UK Journalist Tom Latchem on Exposing Stephen Miller's Cruel Immigration Policies in a Post-Truth White House
Daily Beast correspondent Tom Latchem on his PunchUp investigation into a DHS-built deportation system inside Panama, the five-day appeal window, and…
 • Austin Kocher and Tom Latchem
1:01:01
Nayna Gupta and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the Core Principles of a Fair and Functional Immigration Enforcement System
Experts from the American Immigration Council urge us to move beyond all-or-nothing approaches to enforcement and lay out a practical framework that…
 • Austin Kocher
59:29
"Migration isn't a problem to be solved." Amelia Frank-Vitale on Borders, Caravans, and the Banal Violence of Deportation
Watch now | Anthropologist Amelia Frank-Vitale's new book "Leave If You Can" explains why deportation doesn't stop migration, what U.S. immigration…
 • Austin Kocher
1:06:04
"Without immigration, we're not a superpower:" Margaret Stock on why immigrants are key to U.S. national security
Army veteran and MacArthur genius grant recipient Margaret Stock on immigrants as America's 'secret sauce' and the shoddy government legal work she's…
 • Austin Kocher and Margaret Stock
44:56
"America is an Aspirational Country": Chris Purdy on the Overlooked Asset of Veteran Leaders
Chris Purdy on the overlooked value of veteran leadership, training veterans to protect democracy, the natural affinity between veterans and immigrants…
 • Austin Kocher and Christopher Purdy
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"Showing Up is the Love Language of Advocacy." A Conversation with Shawn VanDiver of #AfghanEvac
After a career in the Navy, Shawn VanDiver is leading a new mission: supporting the Afghan allies that Congress has forgotten. A deep dive into…
 • Austin Kocher, AfghanEvac, and Shawn VanDiver
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…
 • Austin Kocher
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