Tag Archives: Immigration
Colorado Gun Reforms. Free School Meals for All Students. A Worker Owned Mushroom Farm Coop?
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 PROGRAM # 9980 12:00 PM PT Colorado Gun Reforms. Amid growing Capitol rallies by students protesting school shootings, the Colorado legislature passed the most significant package of gun control legislation in state history. The bills include raising the age limit to purchase firearms; making it easier to sue gun manufacturers; and expanding […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18 PROGRAM # 9979 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. President Biden announced that immigrants recipients of DACA will be able to get health coverage through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act if eligible. What to expect from conservative states? A leading “Dreamer” examines the proposed rule. In other news, Florida Gov. DeSantis and […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11 PROGRAM # 9972 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. After being detained and deported to Guatemala in 2008, Claudia Cifuentes mother returns to the US after a long fight to reunite with her family in Washington state. In this interview, she tells her story of family separation and her lawyer talks about the […]
Extra Edition: Dreamers in Mexico.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6 PROGRAM # 9967 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Dreamers in Mexico. Most are Millennials and Centennials, speak English and gravitate towards the largest Mexican metropolis. They are the deportees and repatriates known as the “Mexican Dreamers.” During the pandemic crisis, this community of “Dreamers” felt compelled to expand by building new bonds […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 4 PROGRAM # 9965 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Mexico is investigating the deaths of dozens of migrants after a deadly fire at a migrant detention center near the U.S. border as a homicide case. Migrant advocates comment about the detention practices and the policies that led to this tragedy. In other news, […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MARCH 28 PROGRAM # 9958 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The US and Canada have agreed to divert asylum seekers from their borders. Under the deal, Canada will turn back immigrants seeking asylum in Canada from New York. Canada has also agreed to provide new, legal refugee protections for migrants who are fleeing from […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 PROGRAM # 9951 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Under new rules that will take effect at the end of this month, OSHA will have the authority to issue visa certifications to undocumented workers who have had their wages stolen as well as other workplace abuses, allowing workers to remain in the US […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14 PROGRAM # 9944 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Investigative reporters tell the dramatic story of a Nicaraguan migrant child’s death on a farm in Wisconsin, the failed sheriff’s investigation that followed, and the serious questions this death raises about the immigration system and the fate of immigrant workers and their families on […]
Extra Edition: Mobile Clinics, Immigrant Detainees, and More.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9 PROGRAM # 9939 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Mobile Clinics, Immigrant Detainees, and More. California Covid-19 state of emergency has ended. How does it impact the rural areas? And as rural residents face a number of challenges to access health care, Fresno County is investing in new mobile clinics to offer check-ups […]
Extra Edition: Caregiving Crisis in CaliforniaExtra . Also, “The Humans Who Feed Us.”
TUESDAY, MARCH 7 PROGRAM # 9936 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Caregiving Crisis in CaliforniaExtra . Tens of thousands of elderly people are not receiving the care they need and this crisis is expected to exacerbate as more people in California are getting older. A new state bill would reform California’s home care services to […]
