Since entering office nearly three months ago, President Donald Trump has moved swiftly to ramp up immigration enforcement and deport undocumented immigrants. He and his supporters have frequently portrayed irregular migration as a threat to national security and the economy, while critics point to the range of negative social and economic impacts of Trump’s expansive crackdown — and the many immigrants with legal status also being detained and deported.
In this live recording of the “Baker Briefing” podcast, featured guests Tony Payan, Luz Maria Garcini, and David Donatti joined Ambassador David M. Satterfield, director of the Baker Institute, and explored how the Trump administration is reshaping U.S. immigration policy, the broader impacts on American life and society, and the questions at stake in the courts.
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The “Baker Briefing” podcast tackles the most critical foreign and domestic policy issues of the day in conversations with experts at the Baker Institute. Hosted by David M. Satterfield, director of the Baker Institute, new episodes are released weekly. Certain episodes of “Baker Briefing” are recorded in front of a live audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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Agenda
3:30 pm CDT — Reception
4:00 pm CDT — Episode Recording
4:30 pm CDT — Q&A Session
4:55 pm CDT — Closing Remarks
Participants
Featured Speakers
David Donatti, J.D.
Adjunct Lecturer, Rice University; Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Texas
Luz Maria Garcini, Ph.D., MPH
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar and Interim Director of Community Health, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University
Tony Payan, Ph.D.
Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and Director, Center for the U.S. and Mexico
The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; Former ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey
