Tag Archives: Immigration
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 PROGRAM # 7873 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. After DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced his agency will study the use of private immigrant detention centers, civil rights groups increased their calls to end the use of private contractors who profit from detaining about 40,000 immigrants a day. This edition includes a discussion […]
Farmworker Overtime Pay. Also, Trump’s Gambit: Mexico and Immigration.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 PROGRAM # 7870 12:00 PM PT On the eve of Labor Day weekend, this program focuses on a pressing farm labor topic. Farmworker Overtime Pay. A bill to grant farmworkers overtime pay advances in the California legislature amid a heated and highly partisan debate. If approved, California would end the almost 80-year […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 PROGRAM # 7863 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. Immigrant mothers detained in a family detention facility near Philadelphia are partially suspending today their two-week-long hunger strike – a fasting mother speaks from inside the detention center. Photos just released to the public in Arizona reveal that Border Patrol holds immigrants—among them mothers […]
“Unequal Voices.”
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 PROGRAM # 7855 12:00 PM PT “Unequal Voices.” While people of color make up the majority of the population in California, they are not fairly represented in the state’s democracy. Latinos and Asian Americans are the least likely to have a voice in the state’s political process. Those are findings of a […]
The Immigrant Vote.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 PROGRAM # 7853 12:00 PM PST. The Immigrant Vote. Applications for citizenship during this election season went up to its highest levels in years. Will naturalized Latino voters show up to the polls in November in unprecedented numbers? Immigrant advocates also comment on immigrants becoming voting ambassadors as well as the proposed […]
Dreamers: The Public Face.
Monday, JULY 11 PROGRAM # 7832 12:00 PM PST. Dreamers: The Public Face. Leaders of young immigrants share their stories of survival and progress living in the US as temporarily protected undocumented residents. In this bilingual forum on the sounds of migration, convened and recorded in the National Mall as part of the Smithsonian Folklife […]
RACIAL PROFILING/DUI
Racial profiling affects many undocumented, immigration laws are getting stricter those who drive under the influence of any substance or alcohol and receive a citation will find it more difficult to gain legal status in this country. Guest: Aridna Renteria, Immigration Attorney
DAPA, DACA Plus Blocked: Next Steps.
MONDAY, JUNE 27. PROGRAM # 7813 12:00 PM PT DAPA, DACA Plus Blocked: Next Steps. The US Supreme Court didn’t rule on DAPA and DACA + and these programs will continue being blocked for now. What are the ramifications for millions of families and workers? What is the impact on states that provide public health […]
Supreme Court Blocks DAPA and DACA Plus.
THURSDAY, JUNE 23. PROGRAM # 7811 12:00 PM PT Supreme Court Blocks DAPA and DACA Plus. Dealing a serious blow against millions of immigrant families, the US Supreme Court split and reached no decision on the case US v. Texas, leaving in place a ruling blocking the deferred deportation programs known as DAPA and DACA […]
Deported to Death.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21. PROGRAM # 7809 12:00 PM PT Deported to Death. A young migrant who had fled his native Honduras to escape death threats was deported early this year and was recently murdered by marauding gangs. His death has added fuel to the debate on renewed immigration raids against Central American mothers and children, […]
