Only in America with Ali Noorani

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What really drives the immigration debate? It’s people, not politics.

Join us for the “Only in America with Ali Noorani” podcast to hear how Americans from all walks of life and from across the political spectrum are experiencing changes in their communities as a result of immigration.

Faith leaders, law enforcement officials, business owners and others speak openly about the way culture, identity and values are shaping and defining our country, and they offer a constructive way forward in the immigration debate.

In Congress, the storm's ahead for Dreamers

Jan 23, 2018

This week, Ali ponders how Congress - with it's competing and ever-divisive stances on immigration, will manage to safeguard the Dreamers. And he chats with Jer Swigart, from Bend, Oregon, the co-author of "Mending the Divides" and leader of the Global Immersion Project, on faith-based peacemaking and healing between...

"They're scared of us, and of the unknown"

Jan 16, 2018

This week, Ali picks apart the twisted deadlock over DACA and the Government funding bill in Congress. And he talks to Gaby Pacheco - a prominent Dreamer - about her life, and her quest to find funding for college scholarships for thousands of...

From Arizona, the business case for the Dreamers, and for NAFTA

Jan 10, 2018

This week, host Ali Noorani examines the challenges ahead as Congress wrestles with the future of DACA, with the deadline looming.

And the CEO of Arizona's Chamber of Commerce, Glenn Hamer, tells him about the indispensable role played by immigrants in the state's booming economy; why Dreamers must be allowed to stay,...