Tag Archives: Immigration
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 PROGRAM # 8910 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Coinciding with George Floyd’s funeral service in Houston, Línea Abierta airs the song “A Change Is Gonna Come,” considered an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, in coordination with community stations around the country. On other news, as USCIS resumes in-person services in many […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 2 PROGRAM # 8903 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Analysts comment on the outbreak of public demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. From Atlanta, a a contributor reports on protests of diverse racial makeup, charges filed against six police officers implicated in the use of excessive […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 26 PROGRAM # 8896 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. As Latino immigrants facing increased hardships and struggle to access government aid, a House bill that brings relief to essential workers, including immigrants, faces uncertain future in the Senate. What’s in the HEROES Act? Meantime, infection cases for migrants in ICE custody continue to […]
Essential Protection for Essential Workers. Worker’s Comp for Frontline Workers. Protecting Immigrant Detainees.
THURSDAY, MAY 21 PROGRAM # 8892 12:00 PM PT Essential Protection for Essential Workers. One in three grocery store employees say their companies have not instituted new workplace cleaning procedures and protecting gear to help them survive the Covid-19 crisis. New York’s Attorney General Office is looking into workers complaints. Guest: TBA. Worker’s Comp for […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 12 PROGRAM # 8882 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. A detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego died in the first Covid-19-related death in immigration detention. In previous days, a federal judge had ordered Otay Mesa to release those detainees who were at greater risk of serious illness or death […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, MAY 5 PROGRAM # 8875 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Leading Democrats in the House are pushing to cancel a provision in the recent coronavirus relief package that bars families with mixed immigration status from getting stimulus payments. A New York congressman comments on this, and on the mixed signals Latinos are getting in […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28 PROGRAM # 8868 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Last week, President Trump issued a sensational proclamation: he ordered to suspend immigration, to stop issuing most green cards for 60 days, over coronavirus. Analysts go over the details of the order and explain its potential impact. On other news, on the tenth anniversary […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28 PROGRAM # 8867 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. Guest analysts comment on news developments around the Central Valley, including farmworkers who resist working under unsafe distancing after some tested positive for Covid-19; efforts to increase testing centers; efforts to release at-risk immigrants in detention; calls to provide protective equipment to health […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21 PROGRAM # 8861 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and paramedics who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are immigrants protected by DACA or TPS, programs that the Trump administration wants to shut down. Pointing to the shortage of health care workers in the US, […]
COVID-19: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 PROGRAM # 8856 11:00 AM PT COVID-19: Extra Edition. In this extended edition, a California state legislator who is part of a high-level committee on the COVID-19 pandemic talks about her plans to dispel fear and confusion through tele-town halls in Spanish and indigenous languages, the fast-track project proposed to help protect […]
