Immigration Chats with Tejas and Kalpana

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In this podcast, practicing immigration lawyers Tejas Shah and Kalpana Peddibhotla tackle big immigration issues with an eye towards historical events. They believe that history repeats itself, and analyze modern immigration issues while attempting to draw parallels for listeners to past events. They interview economists, entrepreneurs, academics, and immigrants, and provide facts (real ones, not alternative ones) to listeners interested in digging deeper.

Tejas & Kalpana


    • Mar 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES

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    DACA, John Lennon & Obama

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 24:23 Transcription Available


    Beatles legend, John Lennon, helped to shed light on the government's policy on deferred action and paved the way to DACA. DACA is a program initiated by President Obama that temporarily protects young people, commonly known as Dreamers, from deportation. In this episode we discuss why deferred action has been a critical part of U.S. immigration policy. We also speak to two Dreamers who have benefited from DACA, including one who was the first person to use the "Morton Memo" to halt her deportation.

    Do Immigrants Equal Job Loss?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 26:40 Transcription Available


    Trump thought immigrants harm American workers. Economists and the Courts disagreed. Tejas & Kalpana examine President Trump’s 2020 bans on immigrants that are rooted in economic and labor market justifications. They interview Professor Giovanni Peri, the Director of the Migration Research Cluster at the University of California in Davis, and Divey Gulati, an entrepreneur and co-founder of a successful logistics company called ShipBob. If you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe! You can catch up with Immigration chats on Instagram @immigrationchats Twitter @Immi_chats and Facebook @ImmigrationChats. Or connect to all our social media by checking out our linktree @immigrationchats

    Presidents, Autocrats, and Immigration Bans

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 23:43


    The U.S. is banning immigrants! Can the President really do that? In this introduction to their podcast, "Presidents, Autocrats, and Immigration Bans," our hosts Tejas Shah and Kalpana Peddibhotla examine the President's wide-ranging authority to bar immigrants and examine a legitimate question in light of President's Trump's actions between 2016 and 2020 - is the President a King and does he have absolute authority over U.S. immigration? This podcast episode includes the words of former Presidents Carter and Reagan, Trump the Presidential candidate, past and present Supreme Court justices, and an examination of hugely consequential Supreme Court decisions. If you like what you hear, please rate and subscribe! You can catch up with Immigration chats on Instagram @immigrationchats Twitter @Immi_chats and Facebook @ImmigrationChats. Or connect to all our social media by checking out our linktree @immigrationchats

    Episode 1 - Is the President a King with Respect to Immigration?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 29:34


    In this introduction to their podcast, our hosts examine the President's wide-ranging authority over immigration when it comes to national security justifications and examine a legitimate question in light of President's Trump's actions between 2016 and 2020 - is the President a King and does he have absolute authority over U.S. immigration?The podcast includes the words of former Presidents Carter and Reagan, Trump the Presidential candidate, past and present Supreme Court justices, and an examination of hugely consequential Supreme Court decisions.

    Episode 2 - Using COVID-19 to Suspend U.S. Immigration

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 29:43


    In this podcast, our hosts examine recent actions by President Trump to regulate immigration that are rooted in purported economic and labor market justifications. They interview Professor Giovanni Peri, the Director of the Migration Research Cluster at the University of California in Davis, and Divey Gulati, an entrepreneur and co-founder of a successful logistics company called ShipBob.

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