Immigration is a consistently hot-button topic, but since the President vowed to build that "big, beautiful wall" and proposed banning people from the U.S. who came from several Muslim-majority countries, it has remained at the forefront of political conversation.
Ali Noorani is the executive director of the National Immigration Forum, a pro-immigration advocacy group based in D.C. Noorani is out with a new book titled “There Goes the Neighborhood” and will be in Boise Tuesday to give a talk about his latest writing.
Matt Guilhem spoke to Noorani about his book, the current political climate and his work at the National Immigration Forum.
Click 'play' to hear the interview with Ali Noorani.
During Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue's visit to Idaho last week, the Trump administration official met with state leaders on a range of issues. He took a tour of the state Capitol in Boise alongside Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and met with dairy producers and other agriculture leaders.
Perdue told reporters later on Friday the question of what to do about undocumented workers who fill agriculture jobs across the country is something he has talked with President Trump about often.
Imagine you’re facing the U.S. court system. You’ll spend the next several years steeped in a case that will decide your fate or the fate of someone you love. Now imagine you have no lawyer, no one to help you navigate the arcane twists and turns of this alien world. Now imagine you have to do this all in a language you don’t speak.