Tag Archives: Immigration
Challenging the Politics of Fear.
MONDAY, APRIL 17 PROGRAM # 8043 12:00 PM PST. Challenging the Politics of Fear. A group of activists is in a journey from California to Texas to fight fear and terror, making a stop at the San Diego border wall and the Los Angeles Sheriff office. And hundreds of immigrants incarcerated at a detention center […]
Caravan Against Fear.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11 PROGRAM # 8039 12:00 PM PST. Caravan Against Fear. Claiming fear and terror is spreading through immigrant communities around the US, a number of groups are kicking off in California a cross-country caravan along the Mexican border to combat fear and defend civil and human rights. The three-week action will culminate on […]
Sanctuary State, Caravan vs Fear.
TUESDAY, APRIL 4 PROGRAM # 8034 12:00 PM PST. Sanctuary State, Caravan vs Fear. Challenging Trump’s mass deportation plans, the California senate passed a sanctuary state bill, as well as a bill providing millions of dollars to fund legal aid for immigrants in deportation proceedings. Immigrant-rights organizers also comment on preparations for May Day rallies […]
Slavery in the Fields on Prime Time TV.
THURSDAY, MARCH 30 PROGRAM # 8031 12:00 PM PT Slavery in the Fields on Prime Time TV. In its third season on the ABC network, the award-winning drama TV series “American Crime” tells the story of undocumented Mexican workers who suffer exploitation and abuse in a modern-day slavery system in fictional Hesby Farms, in the […]
Cities Against the Wall.
TUESDAY, MARCH 28 PROGRAM # 8029 12:00 PM PST. Cities Against the Wall. Leading mayors from around the country declared a Cities’ Day of Immigration to show support for immigrants and celebrate their value to the national economy and the local economies. Also, Attorney General Sessions threatened to begin crackdown on Sanctuary Cities. And Berkeley […]
Deportation-proof Plans.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 PROGRAM # 8022 12:00 PM PST. Deportation-proof Plans. In these times of heightened risk of deportation, what can an immigrant do to protect against immigration raids and create an emergency family plan? How immigrants can protect their assets, their wealth and their children? Experts comment on resources available. Guests: María T. Cadenas, […]
Sanctuary Cities, Sanctuary State.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14 PROGRAM # 8017 12:00 PM PST. Sanctuary Cities, Sanctuary State. Spurred by a citizen movement, Salinas, a small city in Central California, is taking legal action to protect the city and all other cities against the funding cuts threatened by President Trump against sanctuary cities. In this challenge, Salinas joins San Francisco, […]
Children Facing “Toxic Stress.”
MONDAY, MARCH 13 PROGRAM # 8016 12:00 PM PST. Children Facing “Toxic Stress.” A number of migrant children, who have been victims of violence and trauma in their home countries, arrive to the US to face even more stress and anxiety while been separated from their families and interned in detention centers. This constant state […]
“Merit-Based” Immigration.
TUESDAY, MARCH 7 PROGRAM # 8012 12:00 PM PST. “Merit-Based” Immigration. In his address to Congress, President Trump pushed for a “merit-based system” for immigration. How would this reform change the current immigration system? Legal experts discuss this idea and the recent wave of detentions of young DACA beneficiaries and other immigrants by federal agents […]
Immigrant Communities in Crisis.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 PROGRAM # 8007 12:00 PM PST. Immigrant Communities in Crisis. As Homeland Security chief said in Mexico there will be “no mass deportations,” Trump insists in ramping up deportation raids. Meantime, cities take to the courts to block federal sanctions on sanctuary cities, and new bills in Congress oppose spending on the […]
