How the Supreme Court immigration rulings could impact asylum in the U.S. - PBS NewsHour

[Rhiannon12866]

To discuss the impact of the Supreme Court's immigration rulings, Amna Nawaz spoke with Doris Meissner. She served as a top official at the Immigration and Naturalization Service under President Reagan and led it under President Clinton. She’s now a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. - Aired on 06/25/2026.

[walkingman]

1. Is the poem by Emma Lazarus simply a memory from the past?....

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

For me, it is obvious we are a declining nation. Continuing tolerance for mediocrity has destroyed our once proud nation. Not sure if we can put it back together again?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Damn good question!

This is a nation of immigrants! None of us would be here if not for immigrants and that includes the felon-in-chief and his despicable bigot-in-chief! What is wrong with these people?! What if the administration at the time treated their ancestors the way they want to treat immigrants now??