Immigration Reform in 2025: What Is Possible?

Many people disagree on solutions for the challenges in the U.S. immigration system.

While each branch of government continues to arrive at an impasse, employers face labor shortages. The demographics of an aging population and declining birth rates are indisputable. More people worldwide are fleeing societal collapses, climate change and persecution. And over 10 million people lack legal immigration status in the United States, with immigration courts facing a backlog of over 3 million deportation cases.
Join Cornell Law School professor Stephen Yale-Loehr and Distinguished Visiting Immigration Scholars Amy Nice, Charles Kamasaki, Marielena Hincapié, Randel Johnson and Theresa Cardinal Brown as they discuss what immigration laws and policies might change post-election and next year.

What You'll Learn

• How the current cohort of immigrants differs from those of the past
• What might be in store for DACA and other immigration issues
• Three targeted immigration reforms that most Americans can agree on: border management and asylum policy, worker programs and DREAMer protections
• What you can do to influence immigration policy

The Cornell Keynotes podcast is brought to you by eCornell, which offers more than 200 online certificate programs to help professionals advance their careers and organizations. Learn more in our Immigration Law certificate program co-authored by Stephen Yale-Loehr.

Additional Resources

• Cornell Whitepaper - Immigration Reform: A Path Forward
• Cornell Keynotes Podcast: Three Ways to Reform Immigration Now
• Cornell Law School Migration and Human Rights Program
• Cornell University Migrations Program
• Charles Kamasaki, Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die

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