web01.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:22:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “Nielsen” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/nielsen Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:00:00 -0400 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 16: The Golden Door (A Special Briefing) https://tatter.fireside.fm/16 e961fcc4-3ebe-42a2-b807-a8d41e5c8ecc Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation about immigration on the southwest U.S. border, and relevant House legislation, with Sarah Pierce, Policy Analyst for the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute 20:46 no On June 18, 2018, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen held a briefing largely focused on the Trump administration's treatment of families seeking asylum at the southwestern border of the U.S. On June 19, I spoke with Sarah Pierce, Policy Analyst for the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/). We discussed the predominant home countries of those who have been recently apprehended at the southwestern border of the U.S., a bit about data cited by the Nielsen, and quite a bit more about what would happen if legislation proposed in the U.S. House were to become law. LINKS Sarah Pierce Bio (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/staff/sarah-pierce) Migration Policy Institute report (by Jessica Bolter & Sarah Pierce) on the two House bills (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/house-bills-would-largely-dismantle-asylum-system-us-mexico-border) (Cover art photo credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The White House, & U.S. Congress) Special Guest: Sarah Pierce. On June 18, 2018, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen held a briefing largely focused on the Trump administration's treatment of families seeking asylum at the southwestern border of the U.S. On June 19, I spoke with Sarah Pierce, Policy Analyst for the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute. We discussed the predominant home countries of those who have been recently apprehended at the southwestern border of the U.S., a bit about data cited by the Nielsen, and quite a bit more about what would happen if legislation proposed in the U.S. House were to become law.

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Sarah Pierce Bio
Migration Policy Institute report (by Jessica Bolter & Sarah Pierce) on the two House bills

(Cover art photo credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The White House, & U.S. Congress)

Special Guest: Sarah Pierce.

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LINKS
Sarah Pierce Bio
Migration Policy Institute report (by Jessica Bolter & Sarah Pierce) on the two House bills

(Cover art photo credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The White House, & U.S. Congress)

Special Guest: Sarah Pierce.

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