Tag Archives: Immigration
Extra Edition – Unaccompanied Minors: Children During Recovery.
TUESDAY, JUNE 22 PROGRAM # 9294 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition – Unaccompanied Minors; Reopening and Emotional Health. Leaders from a farm working town in California’s Central Valley are preparing for increased arrivals of Central American unaccompanied kids as school officials set out to keep them at school and away from field work. A news […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 15 PROGRAM # 9288 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. As the Biden administration and Congress negotiate what’s to be included in the jobs and infrastructure package, faith leaders and immigrant advocates begin a summer of action with dozens fasting around the country urging Congress to include a path to citizenship for millions of […]
Immigrant Families in the California Budget.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10 PROGRAM # 9284 12:00 PM PDT Immigrant Families in the California Budget. Policy makers are working against the clock to finalize California’s state budget amid a historic windfall. Many see this as an opportunity for California to make good to those essential workers who, while contributing to the state’s fast recovery, are […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 PROGRAM # 9281 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. In her first international trip, Vice President Kamala Harris visits Guatemala and Mexico to begin talks about migration, corruption, economic development, climate and food insecurity as well as women’s issues. Plans include working on opening centers for migrants in Guatemala to offer legal services […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1 PROGRAM # 9274 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. The Biden administration announced the closing of two detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts, after revelations of widespread abuse, medical neglect and rights violations. At the same time, the Biden Administration has increased by 50% the number of people in immigration detention since coming […]
Military Families: Deportation and Reunification.
MONDAY, MAY 31 PROGRAM # 9272 12:00 PM PDT Military Families: Deportation and Reunification. After feeling betrayed by the US government, military families overcame the trauma of deportation and family separation and got reunited in recent days. The mom of a US Army officer and the wife of a veteran US Marine, both without criminal […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 25 PROGRAM # 9267 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. Despite concerns about the rising number of migrants at the border, a bipartisan majority in the US supports creating a legal pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants already living in the country — including farmworkers and other essential workers, and Dreamers. Are leaders […]
The HEAL Act. Also, Broadband for Students.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 9261 12:00 PM PDT The HEAL Act. Members of the House and the Senate introduced the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act, a bill that expands health care to immigrants, who have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. The bill would end the five-year waiting period for immigrants to […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 18 PROGRAM # 9260 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. Sen. Alex Padilla kicked off hearings on a plan to legalize millions of essential workers. The bill is gaining momentum. But Republicans are hitting the brakes warning that there will be no reform until Biden deals with the “crisis” resulting from the increase of […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 11 PROGRAM # 9253 12:00 PM PDT Immigration Edition. US Sen. Alex Padilla, the first Latino senator from California, is leading a push to include the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act in President Biden’s infrastructure package scheduled to be debated this summer. Sen. Padilla, who is holding this week the first hearing in […]
