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American Immigration from Mariel to MillerJudge (Ret.) Paul Wickham Schmidt & Podcaster Marica Sharashenidze, with an up close and personal look at Americans most misunderstood issue. Author: Marica Sharashenidze // Paul Wickham Schmidt
Judge (Ret.) Paul Wickham Schmidt & Podcaster Marica Sharashenidze, with an up close and personal look at Americans most misunderstood issue. For nearly five decades, retired Judge Paul Wickham Schmidt has been involved in the development and application of American immigration law. From the staff of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), to the General Counsels Office of the Legacy Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS), where he was the Deputy General Counsel and Acting General Counsel, to partnerships at two of Americas most distinguished law firms, Jones Day, then Fragomen, to appointment as Chairman and an Appellate Judge at the BIA, followed by 13-years on the trial bench at the U.S. Immigration Court in Arlington, VA, the retail level of American immigration, until his retirement in 2016, Judge Schmidt has seen it all and lived much of it. Since retiring, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law, a proud member of the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges (amici in more than 50 cases seeking to uphold due process in Immigration Court), the author of the blog immigrationcourtside.com, and an oft-quoted commentator on, and outspoken critic of, current developments in immigration law, due process, and human rights. In this timely, hard-hitting, highly personal seven-episode series, podcaster Marica Sharashenidze interviews Judge Schmidt about six events that shaped American immigration and his life in the law: From the Mariel Boatlift and the Refugee Act of 1980, to the fundamental changes made by the Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), the development of the BIA in the 1990s, the infamous Ashcroft Purge, all the way up to the Trump Administrations all-out assault on due process in our Immigration Courts, and ending with a more recent look at what the future might hold for both immigrants and Americas role as a nation that welcomes and depends on them. Get some unique historical contex Language: en Genres: Documentary, Government, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Concluding Remarks
Episode 7
Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
So, what now? Will the intentional cruelty, “Dred Scottification,” false narratives, and demonization of “the other,” particularly women, children, and people of color, by presidential advisor Stephen Miller and his White Nationalists become the “future face” of America? Or, will “Our Better Angels” help us reclaim the vision of America as the “Shining City on the Hill,” welcoming immigrants and protecting refugees, in good times and bad, while “leading by example” toward a more just and equal world?
