Season 2

 

Season 2, Episode 1

Dreaming and legislating: A conversation with New York State Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz

Tempest Tossed returns! Catalina Cruz, the first DREAMER in the New York State Assembly, joins Alex Aleinikoff to talk about immigration policy, differences between campaigning and governing, and how she advocates for her Queens, NY district and community.

Season 2, Episode 2

Reporting Immigration in the Era of Trump

The New Yorker’s immigration reporter Jonathan Blitzer joins host Alex Aleinikoff and journalist Ladane Nasseri to discuss U.S. border policy, the resignation of Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan and the Democrats’ difficult balancing act on immigration.

Season 2, Episode 3

Keeping the Flame Lit: A conversation with David Miliband’s on US refugee and asylum policy

"No refugees need apply" might well be the slogan of the Trump Administration. David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, tells Tempest Tossed host Alex Aleinikoff that refugees are “caught up in a wider discontent" about American immigration policy. 

 

Season 2, Episode 4

The Doubly Displaced in the Bronx

In this episode of Tempest Tossed, Alexis Francisco, a community organizer with the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, and Angela Fernandez, Commissioner of the New York State Human Rights Division, share their family's journey to come to the United States and shed light on strategies to safeguard the homes of immigrant tenants.

Season 2, Episode 5

Abolish ICE?

#AbolishIce has helped define the immigration debate in the U.S. It is a rallying cry by those opposed to Trump Administration policies and heavy-handed tactics of immigration officers. It has also been used as a cudgel against immigration advocates, who some of the Rights have claimed want "open borders." Hiroshi Motomura and Azadeh Shashahani help us understand the meaning, promise and perils of the Abolish Ice movement.

Season 2, Episode 6

Essential and Undervalued

Migrants workers fill jobs deemed essential in the response to the pandemic. They are also disproportionately represented in the most hard hit occupations. Julia Gelatt (Migration Policy Institute) and Marisol Orihuela and Muneer Ahmad (Yale Law School) join Alex Aleinikoff in two conversations on migrants and the COVID-19 crisis.

 

Season 2, Episode 7

The power of the President and the human rights of migrants in the midst of the pandemic: Two Conversations

Alex Aleinikoff talks with Lucas Guttentag on the legality of Trump orders to ban the admission of immigrants and asylum seekers, and with Monette Zard and Ian Kysel about human rights principles that protect migrants even as states take strong measures to combat COVID-19.