So I think you will see an expansion of enforcement, more work site raids, potentially more large-scale operations in American cities, but it remains to be seen.

But in general, this will give them the ability to be more places at more time, something that has clearly been a challenge for them so far.

It's the Lawfare podcast. I'm Eric Columbus, senior editor, with Aaron Reiklin Melnick,

who is a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council.

It's really significantly hampering the work of U.S. attorney's offices because they are drowning

in responses to habeas lawsuits, especially because ICE is often not responding properly, not

releasing people when ordered, and you're getting U.S. attorneys hauled into court for contempt

proceedings because they can't get their clients to do what the judges

are ordering them to do.

Today, we're talking about immigration in the upcoming year of the Trump administration.

We are recording this on February 5th, 2026.

We are there for 16 days into year two. It's already been

rather, perhaps a bit more tumultuous than Aaron and many others in the immigration sphere

would like. We're maybe step back a bit and focus not necessarily on the headlines of the day,

but on what to expect in a more broader front.

So, Aaron, I'll just kind of throw it open to you kind of in a general sense here.

What do you think, what might look different if you wanted to kind of maybe pick something that to highlight?

What might look different over the year two and from year one?

And what might stay the same, are there?

What might we see the next year that we haven't seen already?

Well, first off, thank you for having me today.

But, you know, so jumping straight into it, I think the biggest difference in year two is going to be the resources

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