Youth
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JULY 25 PROGRAM # 8117 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. Responding to the growing threats against DACA and the uncertainty faced by young immigrants, US senators from both parties introduced a new Dream Act bill that would allow immigrants who grew up in the US to apply for legal residence and eventually earn citizenship. […]
Immigration Edition. Also, County Aids ICE in Secret.
TUESDAY, JULY 18 PROGRAM # 8112 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. Latino members of Congress urged DHS Secretary Kelly to support DACA and TPS. Instead, he warned those programs are at risk. Also, a bill to increase funding for the border wall and more immigrant detention beds is moving forward in Congress. Also, comments on […]
US First Undocumented Lawyer.
TUESDAY, JULY 11 PROGRAM # 8107 12:00 PM PST. US First Undocumented Lawyer. Sergio García, the first undocumented lawyer in the nation, talks about his personal journey to get a law degree and eventually a law license, a story he narrates in his book “Undocumented Lawyer.” He reviews similar trailblazing cases in New York and […]
Dreamer and Biomedical Scientist. Also, Sanctuary State Bill Moving Forward.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 PROGRAM # 8103 12:00 PM PST. Dreamer and Biomedical Scientist. A conversation with Dreamer Yuriana Aguilar, the first undocumented to graduate as a Ph.D. in the history of her high-ranked college and who is currently studying cells and functions of the heart in a prestigious research institution. With only a DACA work […]
(Español) Una de cal por las que van de arena: termina confinamiento para niños
(Español) Muchos de los adolescentes de esa cárcel -algunos de ellos, inmigrantes-, sostiene Lieberman, “viven con enfermedades mentales, pero la clínica los encerró en pequeñas celdas, a veces con heces y orina derramadas por el suelo”.
Student Debt Crisis. Also, Mexican American Studies Trial.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 PROGRAM # 8098 12:00 PM PST. Student Debt Crisis. Student debt disproportionately impacts middle-class communities of color and is ravaging the economy of young Millennials. Latino and African American families suffer more from higher rates of student loan delinquency. We hear from a leading legislator about initiatives to help students avoid or […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20 PROGRAM # 8092 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. The Trump administration rescinded the DAPA executive order and kept DACA in place, maintaining the limbo faced by Dreamers; ICE’s director warned that his agency is targeting all undocumented immigrants, “we shouldn’t wait for them to become a criminal;” the Trump administration recalibrates its […]
(Español) DACA, a merced de un voluble y volátil presidente
(Español) Ante la lejana posibilidad de que este Congreso y esta Casa Blanca acuerden un plan legislativo de reforma migratoria con vía a la ciudadanía, tal y como lo apoya la mayoría de los estadunidenses, es vital que se mantenga esta orden ejecutiva que le ha cambiado la vida, para bien, a unos 800 mil beneficiarios.
(Español) Contra viento y marea DACA sigue robusto hacia adelante
(Español) A pesar de las preocupaciones de algunos defensores de los inmigrantes, que temen que la actual administración comience a hacer blanco en los titulares de este permisos de trabajo, para su ulterior deportación, “el programa federal de DACA ha continuado a un ritmo robusto bajo Trump”.
Texans Angered by the Killing of Young Latino by Sheriff’s Deputy’s Husband
The death in Houston of a young Latino who was brutally strangled by the husband of an off-duty sheriff’s deputy has unleashed a wave of public outcry. The officer and her husband forcibly restrained the young man, John Hernández, after they saw him urinate in the parking lot of a restaurant.