Out of the Shadows podcast

Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows is a podcast about America's tangled history of immigration hosted by award-winning New York Times writer Erick Galindo and entrepreneur and best-selling author Patty Rodriguez.Season 2: DreamersLast season, we tackled Ronald Regan’s 1986 amnesty act, Season 2 will trace the origins of DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a contentious executive order to protect undocumented young people from being deported. Issued by former President Barack Obama in 2012, DACA was meant to be a temporary stop gap on a broken immigration system. Welcome to Season 2 of Out of the Shadows - Dreamers. Season 1: Children of 86 Immigrants and their children have long lived in the shadows of America, their destinies aren't just shaped by where they come from but by their particular place in history.In 1986, the lives of millions of immigrants and their children were changed by one lucky stroke of a pen by an unlikely ally, President Ronald Reagan. This podcast will examine the ripple effects the bill had on first-generation kids of immigrants who are navigating intergenerational mobility and transforming the cultural landscape. This is an untold story of luck, timing, triumph, opportunity, survival, and of course, hope. 

Out of the Shadows is a podcast about America's tangled history of immigration hosted by award-winning New York Times writer Erick Galindo and entrepreneur and best-selling author Patty Rodriguez.Season 2: DreamersLast season, we tackled Ronald Regan’s 1986 amnesty act, Season 2 will trace the origins of DACA or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a contentious executive order to protect undocumented young people from being deported. Issued by former President Barack Obama in 2012, DACA was meant to be a temporary stop gap on a broken immigration system. Welcome to Season 2 of Out of the Shadows - Dreamers. Season 1: Children of 86 Immigrants and their children have long lived in the shadows of America, their destinies aren't just shaped by where they come from but by their particular place in history.In 1986, the lives of millions of immigrants and their children were changed by one lucky stroke of a pen by an unlikely ally, President Ronald Reagan. This podcast will examine the ripple effects the bill had on first-generation kids of immigrants who are navigating intergenerational mobility and transforming the cultural landscape. This is an untold story of luck, timing, triumph, opportunity, survival, and of course, hope. 

 

#22

What's Going to Happen to DACA?

DACA could end today even though it would cost billions to end and possibly destroy entire... more

02 Nov 2023

30 MINS

30:42

02 Nov 2023


#21

The Revolution Will Be TikTok

The immigrant rights movement of today is not the same as it was 11 years ago. But it hasn... more

26 Oct 2023

30 MINS

30:02

26 Oct 2023


#20

A Taco Truck Worth Billions

DACA’s survival is a big deal for people who make your street food like tacos, but it's al... more

19 Oct 2023

25 MINS

25:29

19 Oct 2023


#19

An Undocumented Lawyer Walks Into a Bar

Luis Cortes Romero became a lawyer thanks to DACA but can he save the very program that gr... more

12 Oct 2023

26 MINS

26:54

12 Oct 2023


#18

American Parents

DACA only extended protection to a little under a million people, leaving out millions for... more

05 Oct 2023

23 MINS

23:20

05 Oct 2023


#17

The Dream Nine

After months of planning and years of organizing, a daring group of undocumented organizer... more

28 Sep 2023

28 MINS

28:26

28 Sep 2023


#16

UnDACAmented

With a quick stroke of a pen President Barack Obama created DACA - but the application pro... more

21 Sep 2023

27 MINS

27:25

21 Sep 2023


#15

The Executive Order

On June 15th, 2012 former President Barack Obama shocked the country when he walked onto t... more

14 Sep 2023

24 MINS

24:23

14 Sep 2023


#14

The Sit-In

Between 2006 and 2007, millions of people took to the streets to fight for immigration ref... more

07 Sep 2023

26 MINS

26:23

07 Sep 2023


#13

The Dreamers

Hosts Patty Rodriguez and Erick Galindo return for an all-new season of the iHeart podcast... more

31 Aug 2023

27 MINS

27:00

31 Aug 2023


#12

Introducing: Out of the Shadows - Dreamers

Out of the Shadows is a podcast about America’s tangled history of immigration. Last seaso... more

24 Aug 2023

02 MINS

02:01

24 Aug 2023


#11

A New Hope

The legacy of IRCA is complex but is it worth trying to do it again? Hosts Patty Rodriguez... more

23 Jun 2022

50 MINS

50:38

23 Jun 2022


#10

Aftermath Part 2: Mental Health and Immigration

The children of 86 face new challenges in a post-IRCA world. A look at how immigration sta... more

16 Jun 2022

35 MINS

35:55

16 Jun 2022


#9

Aftermath Part 1: Economics

Three million immigrants and their children come out of the shadows and start to build the... more

09 Jun 2022

31 MINS

31:46

09 Jun 2022


#8

Escape From El Salvador

Central American refugees paid the price for Reagan's Latin American proxy wars. See [omny... more

02 Jun 2022

40 MINS

40:57

02 Jun 2022


#7

How to Prove You’re Undocumented

Now that IRCA is the law of the land, immigrants scramble to prove they qualify for amnest... more

26 May 2022

32 MINS

32:28

26 May 2022


#6

The Letter

A 10-year-old girl pens a letter to the president pleading for amnesty. See [omnystudio.co... more

19 May 2022

32 MINS

32:28

19 May 2022


#5

OG Ronald Reagan

On the eve of IRCA's historic signing, "President Ronald Reagan" reflects on his legacy. S... more

12 May 2022

38 MINS

38:24

12 May 2022


#4

La Migra, the Priest and a Cowboy From Wyoming

The bill that would be IRCA is proposed by a priest but the bill dies almost immediately s... more

05 May 2022

41 MINS

41:27

05 May 2022


#3

Braceros at Large

Hosts Patty Rodriguez and Erick Galindo's families were just some of the millions who migr... more

28 Apr 2022

30 MINS

30:15

28 Apr 2022


#2

Children of 86

Hosts Patty Rodriguez and Erick Galindo reflect on their lives as children of immigrants. ... more

21 Apr 2022

26 MINS

26:31

21 Apr 2022


#1

Introducing: Out of the Shadows

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12 Apr 2022

02 MINS

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12 Apr 2022