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In this episode of The JUNTO Podcast, BFF Chairman Phillip Linderman is joined by Simon Hankinson, Co-Founder and Board Member of The Ben Franklin Fellowship and Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow at the Border Security and Immigration Center, along with Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
The conversation explores a wide range of issues related to U.S. immigration and border security, the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), refugee policy and humanitarian challenges, American diplomacy and national sovereignty, today's immigration policy debates, and the future of U.S. immigration reform. Throughout the discussion, the guests offer their expert perspectives on the policy, legal, and diplomatic issues shaping one of the most consequential public policy debates facing the United States today.
A portion of the conversation focuses on the recent leadership dispute involving the UNHCR. Simon Hankinson shares his firsthand perspective on the events surrounding the appointment of the agency's Deputy High Commissioner after the U.N. selected career diplomat Tressa Rae Finerty over the Trump administration's preferred candidate, Simon himself.
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