Parsing Immigration Policy

About Parsing Immigration Policy

A weekly discussion of immigration policy matters, both immediate and long-term, with researchers from the Center for Immigration Studies and guests.The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985 by Otis Graham Jr., we have pursued a single mission – providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States. Listen to all episodes of Parsing Immigration Policy (https://ricochet.com/series/parsing-immigration-policy/) at Ricochet.com (https://ricochet.com).

Publisher

Center for Immigration Studies

Category

government · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Apr 2021

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 of 277 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   40 Years After IRCA, What Did We Learn?

   Host Mark Krikorian interviews former INS officials Dan Cadman and Dan Vara about the unintended consequences of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, revealing critical lessons for future policy.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   ‘Worst of the Worst’ or Mass Deportation?

   Host Mark Krikorian interviews Center for Immigration Studies scholar Andrew Arthur and FAIR deputy executive director Matt O’Brien about the effectiveness and scope of current immigration enforcement and deportation efforts.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How Many Illegal Aliens Are There?

   Host Mark Krikorian interviews Center for Immigration Studies experts Steven Camarota and Jason Richwine to dissect the methodology and validity of illegal immigrant population estimates.

Inside a recent episode

40 Years After IRCA, What Did We Learn?

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I will just say one other thing and then pass it to Dan. Because it was understood that IRCA was going to be huge, and it was, one of the major fears of the Reagan administration at the time is that INS would not be up to the job. And so it became a metrics exercise, getting all of the applications adjudicated. And to do that, something fundamental changed from a one-to-one interview to remote adjudications. And the result was that as an agency, INS got the adjudications done, but it opened the door to fraud. And when you lose the human element, you end up with things such as John Miano pointed out with the H program where because it's all remote and because it's just paper, you have places of residence with dozens and dozens of people being approved for benefits to which they're not entitled. […]

Who has been a guest on Parsing Immigration Policy

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dan Cadman
• Dan Vara
• Andrew Arthur
• Matt O’Brien
• Steven Camarota

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

58 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

84

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