Blockchain technology is mainly known as a digital ledger to record cryptocurrency transactions, like Bitcoin. But people are also coming up with other potential uses for the technology, including in the area of immigration.

Amy Schmitz, a professor at the University of Missouri Law School, has been writing about this.

She spoke with The Show about blockchain's potential in the world of immigration.

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