Tag Archives: Immigration
Pro-immigrant Package. Also, 100 Women, 100 Mile Pilgrimage.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. PROGRAM # 7604 12:00 PM PT Pro-immigrant Package. California’s legislature has passed several pro-immigrant bills, including one to protect immigrant crime victims against the threat of deportation and another one, signed by Gov. Brown, to remove the term “alien” from the state labor code. An effort seeking a federal waiver to allow […]
Dreamers Visit Mexico.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. PROGRAM # 7601 12:00 PM PT Dreamers Visit Mexico. DACA-protected Dreamers from colleges and universities around the country travel to their native communities in Mexico in an often-emotional visit to reconnect with their roots. As they return to the U.S., the Dreamers are becoming active promoters of bi-national travel missions and advocates […]
Immigration Dialogue in Iowa.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31. PROGRAM # 7598 12:00 PM PT Immigration Dialogue in Iowa. A local columnist and community leaders convened a town hall meeting this weekend in Iowa to discuss immigration reform. The forum was held in Storm Lake, a town that is among the most transformed by newcomers in Iowa, state scheduled to kick […]
“Anchor Babies” and the GOP Race.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25. PROGRAM # 7594 12:00 PM PT “Anchor Babies” and the GOP Race. The Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump promises to build a wall along the border, round up millions of undocumented immigrants and declares a war on “anchor babies,” end birthright citizenship. While most Republican candidates are supporting Trump’s plan, some conservatives […]
Dreamer Moms. Also, Arpaio Suit Rejected. Also, presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled his immigration plan.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. PROGRAM # 7589 12:00 PM PT Dreamer Moms. A conversation with the leader of a group of deported moms, who represents families separated by deportation. Living in Mexico and separated from her children, she speaks about her children plight and her efforts to pass a bill in the U.S. House to allow […]
San Francisco Sanctuary Under Fire.
MONDAY, AUGUST 17. PROGRAM # 7588 12:00 PM PT San Francisco Sanctuary Under Fire. Using the killing of Kathryn Steinle, a young woman gunned down in San Francisco by an undocumented immigrant, as key talking point, conservative leaders are launching an all-out campaign to deprive San Francisco and other sanctuary cities from federal funds, accusing […]
End Family Detention.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. PROGRAM # 7579 12:00 PM PT End Family Detention. Members of the U.S. Congress are calling on Secretary Jeh Johnson to end family detention after a federal court ordered last week the release of migrant families at detention centers. Also, DHS agents are visiting homes of those who have not returned mistakenly […]
“Spare Parts.” Also, “McFarland, USA.”
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22. PROGRAM # 7570 12:00 PM PT “Spare Parts.” This drama film tells the real life story of four Mexican students from a Phoenix high school who form a robotics club and compete in a national underwater robotics contest. With a robot made out of used car parts, they go up against MIT, […]
Orphan and Exile Children.
TUESDAY, JULY 21. PROGRAM # 7569 12:00 PM PT Orphan and Exile Children. Children in mixed-status families live under the constant threat that their parents will suddenly be deported. Under the current immigration system, they often end up living in silence and secrecy, suffering severe psychological traumas from the devastating loss of a parent or […]
DAPA Hearing in New Orleans.
TUESDAY, JULY 14. PROGRAM # 7564 12:00 PM PT DAPA Hearing in New Orleans. The appeal to lift DAPA injunction was heard on Friday in a court of appeals in New Orleans. Many advocates from around the country rallied in front of the court urging the judges to allow the temporary deportation relief program to […]
