Substack Live with National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos

Tuesday, Noon ET

So many of you wrote to tell me how much you enjoyed getting to know the National Immigration Law Center’s Kica Matos in the Five Questions column last Friday, that it only seemed right to ask her to join us for a Substack Live. We’ll be discussing Immigration law and policy on Tuesday at 12 noon. Join us for lunch, or lunch-ish, depending on where you are.

As we near the end of the Supreme Court term, a decision in the birthright citizenship case is around the corner. Renee Good’s children just went through their first Mother’s Day without their mom, part of the “legacy” of the Trump mass deportation policy that is still ongoing—although they’re trying to run silent these days. There is a lot to weigh in on and consider.

Drop your questions for us in the chat, and we’ll get to as many of them as we have time for.

Many of you noted Kica’s accomplishments, including her recent inclusion as one of Time Magazine’s most influential people for 2026, and wondered if she ever sleeps. We can ask her about that! Something else I’ve learned is that she, like me and so many of you who believe in adopting an “agenda of joy”, deliberately prioritizes what she loves doing and the people she enjoys being around. For Kica, it’s scuba diving, and I definitely want to talk with her about that. She says, “I've been diving since I was 21, and nothing compares to the sense of awe and tranquility I feel underwater, surrounded by the beauty of marine life in a world so different from our own — it's humbling, wondrous, and endlessly magical." It looks pretty amazing!

Remember to leave your questions for us in the chat, and we’ll see you tomorrow at 12 pm ET.

We’re in this together,

Joyce