Category: Immigration Nerds Podcast

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we're joined by Ron Wada, Senior Counsel for Tafapolsky & Smith LLP. Fellow immigration nerds will know Mr. Wada as the nationally recognized expert in US immigration law, co-editor of the leading national immigration law treatise Immigration Law and ...

This week, we're grateful to welcome back to the podcast Megan Horn Essaheb, the Director of Immigration Advocacy at Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC). Host Ian Gaines talks to Megan about AAJC's policy and legislation priorities with a new administration in the White House, their work ...

On March 12, USCIS announced it would consider reopening select nonimmigrant petitions that were previously denied based upon three rescinded policy memos. In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, Erickson Immigration Group managing director Justin Parsons talks to Jon Wasden, partner at Wasden Banias LLC about how ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we're joined by Jon Baselice, Executive Director of Immigration Policy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Baselice talks to Managing Director Justin Parsons and host Ian Gaines about the key legislative and regulatory policies the Chamber is advocating for ...

Tune in for a short recap of immigration news from the past week. In just a few minutes, we'll cover the suspension of Proclamation 10014, and who that will affect, and address the reasons why the administration has reverted the naturalization test to the 2008 ...

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness….” As Black History Month comes to an end, we revisit a conversation with ...

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would not be applying the H-1B Selection final rule introduced on January 7 by the Trump Administration to the upcoming H-1B registration period, which begins in March. The Trump administration’s rule, set to have gone into ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Dr. Robert McLeman, a professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Dr. McLeman talks about the relationship between migration policy and climate change, and what it could mean for our shared ...

The Immigration Nerds bring to the podcast a panel from the recent SHRM Global Mobility and Immigration Symposium, "The Stable Triangle: Driving Employee Experience with Coordinated Immigration, Tax and Relocation." EIG Managing Attorney Salman Cheema and Lieselot Whitbeck, Hunton Andrews Kurth, discuss the increased demand for ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Erickson Immigration Group’s Managing Directors Justin Parsons and Hiba Anver about how President-elect Joe Biden could approach immigration. The last four years included significant policy and procedural changes. What would become of the Trump Administration's travel ban ...

In the final stretch before the end of Election season 2020, we analyze the candidates' track record and position on immigration as highlighted in their final debate. In the short segment moderated by Kristen Welker, President Donald Trump and former Vice President discussed "Coyotes," the DACA ...

Following the two rule changes from DOL and DHS that will significantly reshape the H-1B specialty occupation visa program, more than ten lawsuits have been filed against the two agencies. In this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, we synthesize the Purdue Vs. Scalia lawsuit that challenges the new ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we revisit a conversation with AIRES Vice President of Organizational Development, Rob O'Donnell and Erickson Immigration CEO and President, Jerry Erickson. Rob and Jerry discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted all industries and what the future could look like ...

On Tuesday, October 6, the Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security released two major regulations that will overhaul the guest worker program largely targeting wage and degree requirements for specialty occupations. In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, Erickson Immigration Group Managing Attorney Christine ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, Erickson Immigration Group's Managing Director, Hiba Anver joins to talk about the October Visa Bulletin. The United States only makes a certain number of green cards available per year, per country of origin. This policy creates significant backlogs for certain groups. ...

In February, weeks before the US implemented a coronavirus response, EIG attorney Yasmin Mirreh published an article in Law360 — Coronavirus And Immigration: Tips For The Global Employer. Now, in this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, Yasmin talks about what she’s seen in the last almost ...

In this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Dr. Sarah-Soonling Blackburn, an educator and personal development trainer, who focuses on strategies to optimize learning environments with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. In Dr. Blackburn’s research on the Asian American experience in the ...

In this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Lieutenant Colonel Mona Johnson, the first immigrant, Arab-Muslim woman to serve in the US Armed Forces and achieve the rank of lieutenant colonel. In this conversation, Johnson recounts the story of her new memoir, Not Created ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Adam Goodman, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the author of “The Deportation Machine: America's Long History with Expelling Immigrants.” Goodman's book examines how federal authorities have largely used three main ...

From collecting social media passwords of visa holders to taking DNA samples of travelers at the border, the practice of collecting private information from foreign travelers has sizably increased over the past year. On July 31, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it had reached an ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, journalist and author Jessica Goudeau meets us at the mic to talk about her new book, After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America. Immigrants and refugees have been central to America’s identity for ...

In last week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we talked about the impact of ICE modifying the SEVP temporary exemptions to restrict foreign students from online courses amid COVID-19 and the agency’s reversal. However, we didn’t get a chance to discuss the important role international students play ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Hiba Anver, Erickson Immigration Group Managing Director, about the Trump Administrations reversal of their policy restricting F-1 students from taking an all online course of study this fall and staying in the US. In a settlement on ...

Ranzo D, the creator of "The Black Experience in Japan," joins the podcast. Ranzo travels throughout Asia and interviews Black immigrants on their experience. These stories, while not globally covered, are rich in insight. Ranzo shares his personal journey, why he decided to create his ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, host Ian Gaines talks to Dr. Usha Tummala-Nara, Program Director, Ph.D. Program in Counseling Psychology at Boston College. Dr. Tummala-Nara is currently conducting research on mental health and trauma within immigrant communities. In this timely conversation, we discuss the ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, Harvard Business School professor and author, William Kerr joins us to talk about his book, The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society. Professor Kerr's research focuses on entrepreneurial management, specifically on how companies and economies ...

In this week's Immigration Nerds podcast, Erickson Immigration Group's Director of Client Relations and Managing Attorney Alejandra Zapatero joins to talk about the recent H-1B cap lottery. Alejandra discusses the steps individuals can take if they were not selected in this year's lottery. We address ...

In late March, Pike County Detention Center detainee Aldo Camacho-Lopez began feeling sick and displayed fever-like symptoms. However, he did not receive any medical care. On April 2, he tested positive for COVID-19. Three days later, after contracting pneumonia, he received treatment at a hospital. As ...

In this week’s Erickson Immigration Group Immigration Nerds podcast, we talked to Dan Lyle, an American former rugby union player and current director of AEG Rugby. We talk about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on international sports, and what a win would look like for teams ...

In this week’s Erickson Immigration Group Immigration Nerds podcast, we talked to Erika Cisneros, an author and immigration attorney who specializes in human trafficking and abuse cases. We recognize that because of the coronavirus pandemic, individuals are staying home and for some, that means staying ...