The Department of Homeland Security is trying to remove (or "deport") a Columbia University student and green card holder, Mahmoud Khalil, without charging him with any crime. The apparent basis is Khalil's speaking out in favor of Palestinians. We discuss the First Amendment implications.

Kim and Steve discuss the papacy during their lifetimes, the pastoral care of Pope Francis, the text of the First Amendment as it applies to religion, and an(other) unconstitutional bill pending in the Alabama legislature.

Lawyers enforce the rule of law. Go to law school!

Kim and Steve review last year, this year, immigration, Elon Musk, and the Supreme Court. Enjoy!

Kim and Steve discuss announced appointees to the Trump cabinet, including, especially, Pete Hegseth, a/k/a Pete the Hedgehog.

Kim and Steve discuss the implications of Trump 2.0, some intended (by the voters), others not so much.

Kim and Steve talk about the coming global population collapse and why the United States should be encouraging immigrants instead of rejecting them.

Kim and Steve strive to explain the law of asylum in the United States. The United States is a signatory to the United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol and must must, under that convention and under United States law, offer asylum to aliens who seek it.

Here is the text of 8 United States Code section 1158(a)(1):
Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title.