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I'm Geococotakis with an episode from the LawFair Archive for July 29, 2023. This week,

LawFair coverage discussed a California Judges decision to vacate a Biden administration

policy that limits eligibility for asylum seekers. The judge found that the policy conflicted

with the immigration and nationality acts asylum provision. For today's Archive episode,

I picked an episode from December 7, 2020, in which Jack Goldsmith sat down with Adam Cox

and Christina Rodriguez to discuss the President and Immigration Law, their book about the

rise and operation of a President-dominated immigration system. They covered the ways

Congress has delegated expanded power over immigration to the President, the role of

de facto delegation in presidential enforcement discretion, and the benefits, costs, and legal

limits of the system. I'm Jack Goldsmith and this is the LawFair

podcast December 7, 2020. I spoke with Adam Cox and Christina Rodriguez, who are the authors

of the new book, The President and Immigration Law, which is about the historical rise and

operation of a President-dominated immigration system. We discussed the various ways that

Congress has delegated extraordinary power over immigration to the President, how what

the authors call de facto delegation confers massive presidential enforcement discretion

that is the basis for programs like the deferred action for childhood arrivals program,

and the benefits and costs and legal limits of this system. We also discussed what President

Donald Trump accomplished with his immigration program during his term in office, and President

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