Introdcuing Season 2! We start with asking a larger question. How did we get to the system we now have? What came before it? What is its legacy and how does it all tie into the serious problems in immigration today?
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Looking back
Listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. When we started We, The Legal we did so with the aim of defining the problem. Indeed, that was the name of the introduction episode! Now,
#4 The cost of the American life
Listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. When Lisa arrived in the US in 2012, for a Masters' program, immigration was far from her mind. As the urgent knock of the real
The Green Card backlog — A chronic struggle
Listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. What factors would you say a high-school student in the US should consider, for her college-application process? Grades? Extra-curriculars? Projects? Finding ways to hone leadership skills?
#3 Paths less trodden
Listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. Sandhya came to the US as a student, pursuing a non-STEM degree, not realizing the unfavourable immigration path this decision would put her on. The limited
#2 Visas and the work-life
Listen to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. Sumit is the quintessential legal immigrant — a silicon valley techie. We talk to him about where the line is between immigration regulations governing the activities of