Beyond “Shock and Awe”: Immigration Actions in the First Year under Trump 2.0

During the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump and his administration moved to enact sweeping changes to all corners of the U.S. immigration system. A mass deportations campaign that touched cities across the United States with an unprecedented show of force. Pause to refugee resettlement and asylum case processing. Bans and restrictions on legal immigration from 39 countries. Creation of a Trump “gold card” for wealthy individuals. And a repointing that forced immigration to the top of the foreign policy agenda with many countries. Collectively, the administration’s actions and the resulting impacts on individuals, U.S. communities, job sectors, and the perception of the United States globally will be felt for years, if not decades, to come. On this webinar, MPI analysts and a veteran journalist assess the actions taken during the administration’s first year back in office, sifting through what is signal and what is noise. They detail the legal picture and analyze the actual effects of the most consequential policy agenda that has been advanced in decades, including its effects on the labor market, U.S. communities, and future immigration to the United States. The conversation accompanied the release of a new analysis of the immigration actions taken during the first year of the second Trump term: Unleashing Power in New Ways: Immigration in the First Year of Trump 2.0 Speakers include: Kathleen Bush-Joseph, Policy Analyst, MPI Muzaffar Chishti, Senior Fellow, MPI Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, MPI Nick Miroff, Staff Writer covering immigration, The Atlantic Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, Associate Policy Analyst, MPI

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Beyond “Shock and Awe”: Immigration Actions in the First Year under Trump 2.0 is an episode from Migration Policy Institute Podcasts by Migration Policy Institute.

This episode is 70:09 long.

This episode was published on Jan 14, 2026.

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