Immigration
Dreamer Moms. Also, Arpaio Suit Rejected. Also, presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled his immigration plan.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. PROGRAM # 7589 12:00 PM PT Dreamer Moms. A conversation with the leader of a group of deported moms, who represents families separated by deportation. Living in Mexico and separated from her children, she speaks about her children plight and her efforts to pass a bill in the U.S. House to allow […]
San Francisco Sanctuary Under Fire.
MONDAY, AUGUST 17. PROGRAM # 7588 12:00 PM PT San Francisco Sanctuary Under Fire. Using the killing of Kathryn Steinle, a young woman gunned down in San Francisco by an undocumented immigrant, as key talking point, conservative leaders are launching an all-out campaign to deprive San Francisco and other sanctuary cities from federal funds, accusing […]
End Family Detention.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. PROGRAM # 7579 12:00 PM PT End Family Detention. Members of the U.S. Congress are calling on Secretary Jeh Johnson to end family detention after a federal court ordered last week the release of migrant families at detention centers. Also, DHS agents are visiting homes of those who have not returned mistakenly […]
Couple Separated by Deportation Marries On the Border
More than nine years ago, Emma Sánchez was deported to Mexico and forced to live separated from her three children and her husband, a U.S. marine. Now the couple married again in Tijuana, in a religious ceremony alongside the border fence.
Ahold USA to Buy Fair-Food Tomatoes. Conflict in Blueberry Fields.
THURSDAY, JULY 30. PROGRAM # 7576 12:00 PM PT Ahold USA to Buy Fair-Food Tomatoes. In a landmark victory for Florida’s organized farmworkers, Ahold USA, the parent company to Stop and Shop and other supermarket chains, has signed on to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food program. This is the first major U.S. grocer […]
In Settlement, Sheriff Arpaio Does Not Admit Responsibility
Almost all the charges brought against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio by the Department of Justice ended with a legal settlement in which Arpaio does not admit responsibility. There is still a separate case pending that accuses Arpaio of contempt of court.
“Spare Parts.” Also, “McFarland, USA.”
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22. PROGRAM # 7570 12:00 PM PT “Spare Parts.” This drama film tells the real life story of four Mexican students from a Phoenix high school who form a robotics club and compete in a national underwater robotics contest. With a robot made out of used car parts, they go up against MIT, […]
Orphan and Exile Children.
TUESDAY, JULY 21. PROGRAM # 7569 12:00 PM PT Orphan and Exile Children. Children in mixed-status families live under the constant threat that their parents will suddenly be deported. Under the current immigration system, they often end up living in silence and secrecy, suffering severe psychological traumas from the devastating loss of a parent or […]
Dreamer Youth Travel to South to Promote Latino Vote
The young people will be talking with civic groups and lawmakers about the importance for their families of President Obama’s immigration measures, DACA and DAPA.
DAPA Hearing in New Orleans.
TUESDAY, JULY 14. PROGRAM # 7564 12:00 PM PT DAPA Hearing in New Orleans. The appeal to lift DAPA injunction was heard on Friday in a court of appeals in New Orleans. Many advocates from around the country rallied in front of the court urging the judges to allow the temporary deportation relief program to […]