The Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Legal Migrants

15 Apr 2025 • 57 min • EN

Tens of thousands of immigrants received notices last week from the Department of Homeland Security that their temporary legal statuses would be terminated in seven days. But many immigration experts say the migrants have legal grounds to remain. This comes after a New York Times investigation found that the Social Security Administration listed more than 6,300 migrants as dead to effectively cancel their access to financial services. We’ll talk about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s approach to immigration — one that’s been more reliant on revoking legal statuses and encouraging self-deportation than on the mass deportations promised on the campaign trail. Guests: Hamed Aleaziz, covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy, The New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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