Republicans Seek to Demolish Immigrant Protections – The new Republican majority in Congress is taking steps to dismantle President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. The House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would destroy the protections against deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants. The bill is not expected to pass the Senate, in part because some Republicans have expressed opposition. Some analysts say this Republican action could damage the conservative party’s image with Latino voters, before the 2016 presidential elections of 2016. José López Zamorano has more, from Capitol Hill.
Free Community College? – Could community college education be free? Yes, if President Obama has success with his proposal to exempt millions of students from paying tuition at these two-year colleges. However, strong opposition is expected from Republicans in Congress. On the national program Línea Abierta, Radio Bilingüe news director Samuel Orozco spoke with Marco Davis, from the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, about the plan.
California Reaches Out to Immigrant Families in Second Round of Obamacare – One month before the second Affordable Care Act enrollment period ends, the federal government reports that the proportion of uninsured people has reached its lowest level in years. But there are still many people without coverage. Enrollment of the Latino community was behind in California the first year. On Línea Abierta, we spoke with Lizelda López from Covered California about what those who still don’t have health insurance should do to enroll.
An Immigrant Family that Decided to Enroll – The health insurance agency Covered California is trying to reach the large numbers of Latinos who have still not applied for insurance, with a multimillion-dollar publicity campaign. It’s focused especially on families with mixed immigration status who, according to reports, are afraid that when they fill out the applications, they are putting their undocumented family members at risk. Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Rubén Tapia, has the story of one mixed-status couple who decided to apply.
