Tag Archives: Immigration
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 PROGRAM # 8796 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. After the US Department of Homeland Security announced plans to begin implementing the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule later this month, advocates anticipate that widespread confusion and fear is threatening the health, nutrition, and housing of millions of immigrant families and set out to […]
Migrant Child Trauma: A Crisis. Also, Impeachment Trial and Iowa Caucuses.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 PROGRAM # 8795 12:00 PM PT Migrant Child Trauma: A Crisis. A renowned child trauma researcher talks about how the trauma caused by the policy of government-imposed family separation at the border and other widespread threats is seriously impacting the lives of immigrants and refugees. The psychologist talks about the feelings of […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 PROGRAM # 8791 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Less than a week from the first presidential primary voting of the election season, where do leading candidates stand on critical immigration issues? Also, in the absence of federal action on immigration reform, advocates are winning a number of protective laws at the state […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 PROGRAM # 8786 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Mayors from large cities from around the country are opposing the proposed new rules for citizenship application fees, warning that those hikes will foreclose naturalization for some low-income Green-cards. An immigration-law expert comments on this and other news and gives advice about the worst […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 PROGRAM # 8781 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The mother of an active-duty US Army officer was deported to Mexico after living in the US for more than 30 years. She owned a business in San Diego and have no criminal record. She is now raising her voice demanding reforms. On other […]
Immigration Edition. Also, Puerto Rico Hit by Powerful Quakes.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 PROGRAM # 8776 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Arkansas has a new law banning sanctuary cities, which imposes state funding cuts to cities that don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Other Republican-led states have passed similar laws. On the other hand, a new law in Arkansas grants in-state college tuition to DACA […]
The Year in Review.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 PROGRAM # 8771 12:00 PM PT The Year in Review. News reporters and commentators discuss some of the news stories that made headlines on Línea Abierta during 2019. Highlights include the impeachment of Trump, the mass shooting in El Paso, the battle in the courts for DACA and against the “public charge” […]
The Border Hotspots.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 PROGRAM # 8770 12:00 PM PT The Border Hotspots. A political analyst comments on major news developments hitting the US-Mexico border area during 2019. The ramifications of the mass shooting against Mexicans in El Paso, being investigated as a case of domestic terrorism and hate crime; the Trump administration’s Remain in Mexico […]
“Tenacity.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 PROGRAM # 8768 12:00 PM PT “Tenacity.” In his autobiographical testimony, a distinguished civic leader tells the story of how witnessing the abusive arrest of his green-card father during an immigration raid as a young child left deep emotional scars that shaped his future as a public lawyer for the poor. He […]
Asi es Nuevo México.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 PROGRAM # 8766 12:00 PM PT Asi es Nuevo Mexico. In the towns of northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado people keep alive songs, tales, and a language dating back centuries. These are traditions indigenous to this region, known as Rio Arriba. What makes the traditional music and stories of the Rio […]
