Written by: Blake Etringer 

Kate Melloy Goettel, clinical associate professor and director of the Federal Impact Litigation Clinic, recently spoke on Iowa Public Radio’s River to River segment regarding changes to immigration law and policy. 

Goettel and host Ben Kieffer discussed the Department of Homeland Security’s decision not to renew the Temporary Protected Status for Afghan refugees in the U.S., as well as a recent full travel ban against 12 countries, including Afghanistan. 

Listen to the full episode for Goettel’s impressions of the travel ban, and its potential impacts on deportation proceedings.