Tag Archives: Immigration
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 PROGRAM # 8761 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Marco Saavedra, an undocumented immigrant who came to the US as a child is now requesting political asylum as a human rights activist. Saavedra gained notoriety in 2012 after taking bold actions to protest immigration policies: he made himself arrested to infiltrate a private […]
Climate Crisis Summit. Legalization for Farmworkers. Public Banking Law.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 PROGRAM # 8758 12:00 PM PT Climate Crisis Summit. Warning that the planet is burning and that we are nearing the point of no return, leaders from around the world meet in Madrid to discuss global action on climate change. In the absence of the US President, Nancy Pelosi led a high […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 PROGRAM # 8756 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. As Trump’s campaign prepares to repeat in 2020 the anti-immigrant scare tactics of 2016, candidates who attacked immigrants in recent elections in deep-red states failed to get elected. An analyst puts the elections in Virginia, Kentucky and Louisiana in perspective and comments on the […]
Latina Entrepreneurs.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 PROGRAM # 8753 12:00 PM PT Latina Entrepreneurs. Without money and some without documents, Latina immigrant women draw on their ancestral cultural traditions and community-driven practices to find the strength and tools to start new businesses and prosper against all odds. Leading women who recently met in a summit in Berkeley share […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 PROGRAM # 8751 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Apple broke ground to build a mega-campus facility in Austin, where their most powerful computers ever will be made, as CEO Tim Cook gives credit to young immigrants and vows to continue fighting for Apple’s 450 DACA-protected employees. On other story, ICE created a […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 PROGRAM # 8746 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Key witnesses in Trump impeachment hearings are immigrants, at a time when vilifying immigrants is Washington’s talk of town; political leaders in Washington call for immigration policy advisor Stephen Miller to resign over his white nationalist ideology advocacy; and in Arizona, humanitarian volunteer Scott […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 PROGRAM # 8741 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. The US immigration agency plans to dramatically increase the fees for people who apply for naturalization, for DACA, and, for the first time ever, for political asylum. A legal expert talks about what this new barrier means for immigrants and the new citizens. An […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 PROGRAM # 8736 12:00 PM PT Immigration Edition. Following coordinated walkouts in high schools and colleges all over the country, hundreds of immigrant-rights advocates gather in Washington to voice support for DACA, as the US Supreme Court convenes to hear oral arguments on Trump’s decision to end the program. Can the Court […]
Proposition 187: 25 Years and Beyond. Also, Deported Veterans.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 PROGRAM # 8735 12:00 PM PT Proposition 187: 25 Years and Beyond. In 1994, California voters passed a proposition championed by then Gov. Pete Wilson to deny social benefits to undocumented immigrants and get them out of the country. Today, the Latino caucus, the largest ever in California’s legislature, has a message […]
Proposition 187: 25 Years Later.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 PROGRAM # 8733 12:00 PM PT Proposition 187: 25 Years Later. California Proposition 187, a referendum initiative seeking to deny health care, education, and other public benefits to undocumented immigrants, was the first anti-immigrant state legislation of our times. Used as campaign fodder by then Gov. Pete Wilson and passed in 1994, […]
