Families Protest Mass Eviction in Arizona – In Arizona, after receiving an order to evict from the city of Mesa, more than 100 families, most of them Latino, have joined together to resist leaving the trailer park where they have lived for years. Although the local authorities say the housing conditions are unsafe, the owners respond that this is a case of discrimination and they will lose everything they invested in their homes. Valeria Fernández reports from Arizona.
Clock Ticking on California Bill that Would Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Buy On Health Exchange – In California, after winning the right for public health insurance for undocumented children from poor families, lawmakers are advancing a bill that would allow adult undocumented immigrants to buy insurance with their own money on the state market exchange, Covered California. The big question is if the federal government will grant the required exemption for undocumented immigrants to buy their plans on the Affordable Care Act market. And a few weeks before the legislative cycle ends in California, the time to ask for the federal exemption is almost up. From Los Angeles, Araceli Martínez reports on the expectations for the bill known as “Healthcare For All”.
Real-Life Border Drama Goes On Stage – A group of well-known Chicano actors are taking one of the real-life dramas of the Mexico-U.S. border to the stage. The play “Nogales” explores the case of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, killed by a U.S. border patrol agent in 2012 in the border city that gives the play its name. With music, videos, poetry, and testimony, the play portrays the border patrol, coyotes, migrants, drug cartels on both sides of the border, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Fernando Andrés Torres went to one of the show’s debuts at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California. This feature is part of the series Raíces: Stories About Grassroots Artists.
