Work Permits & Other Migrant Policy Solutions; Ask Gov. Murphy Recap; A Call for Parole & Probation to End; Tibetan Proud
The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 14, 2023
On today's show:
- Julia Preston, contributing writer for The Marshall Project, talks about the maze of the immigration system and why a possible work-permit solution isn't accessible to more asylum seekers, plus other possible policy changes to ease the current crisis.
- WNYC reporter and editor Nancy Solomon, host of the “Ask Governor Murphy” monthly call-in show, recaps her conversation with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, where they talked about a dispute over housing refugees and more news and politics.
- Vincent Schiraldi, secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services in Maryland, former commissioner of both the New York City Department of Probation and Correction, co-founder of the Columbia University Justice Lab, and the author of Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom (The New Press, 2023), drawing on his experience and research, argues for the end of parole and probation which he says do not positively impact incarceration or crime rates.
- Carolina Hidalgo, senior producer for WNYC's Radio Rookies, introduces the new class of Radio Rookies while Radio Rookie Saldon Tenzin shares her story on her experience of growing up as a first-generation Tibetan and learning to be proud of a home she's never visited.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
