Unsettled

“I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives.”

Season 2: Episode 3

January 29, 2026T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Hiroshi Motomura

Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor Law at Columbia Law School, joins Alex Aleinikoff and Hiroshi Motomura to discuss her December 2025 op-ed in the New York Times, “I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives” and the broader context around immigration law in our current moment.

Please note: This episode begins with a discussion of the events in Minneapolis, but was recorded prior to the January 24, 2026, shooting of Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, MN.