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Immigration Edition. Also, County Aids ICE in Secret.
TUESDAY, JULY 18 PROGRAM # 8112 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. Latino members of Congress urged DHS Secretary Kelly to support DACA and TPS. Instead, he warned those programs are at risk. Also, a bill to increase funding for the border wall and more immigrant detention beds is moving forward in Congress. Also, comments on […]
US First Undocumented Lawyer.
TUESDAY, JULY 11 PROGRAM # 8107 12:00 PM PST. US First Undocumented Lawyer. Sergio García, the first undocumented lawyer in the nation, talks about his personal journey to get a law degree and eventually a law license, a story he narrates in his book “Undocumented Lawyer.” He reviews similar trailblazing cases in New York and […]
Dreamer and Biomedical Scientist. Also, Sanctuary State Bill Moving Forward.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 PROGRAM # 8103 12:00 PM PST. Dreamer and Biomedical Scientist. A conversation with Dreamer Yuriana Aguilar, the first undocumented to graduate as a Ph.D. in the history of her high-ranked college and who is currently studying cells and functions of the heart in a prestigious research institution. With only a DACA work […]
(Español) Una de cal por las que van de arena: termina confinamiento para niños
(Español) Muchos de los adolescentes de esa cárcel -algunos de ellos, inmigrantes-, sostiene Lieberman, “viven con enfermedades mentales, pero la clínica los encerró en pequeñas celdas, a veces con heces y orina derramadas por el suelo”.
Student Debt Crisis. Also, Mexican American Studies Trial.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 PROGRAM # 8098 12:00 PM PST. Student Debt Crisis. Student debt disproportionately impacts middle-class communities of color and is ravaging the economy of young Millennials. Latino and African American families suffer more from higher rates of student loan delinquency. We hear from a leading legislator about initiatives to help students avoid or […]
Immigration Edition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20 PROGRAM # 8092 12:00 PM PST. Immigration Edition. The Trump administration rescinded the DAPA executive order and kept DACA in place, maintaining the limbo faced by Dreamers; ICE’s director warned that his agency is targeting all undocumented immigrants, “we shouldn’t wait for them to become a criminal;” the Trump administration recalibrates its […]
(Español) DACA, a merced de un voluble y volátil presidente
(Español) Ante la lejana posibilidad de que este Congreso y esta Casa Blanca acuerden un plan legislativo de reforma migratoria con vía a la ciudadanía, tal y como lo apoya la mayoría de los estadunidenses, es vital que se mantenga esta orden ejecutiva que le ha cambiado la vida, para bien, a unos 800 mil beneficiarios.
(Español) Contra viento y marea DACA sigue robusto hacia adelante
(Español) A pesar de las preocupaciones de algunos defensores de los inmigrantes, que temen que la actual administración comience a hacer blanco en los titulares de este permisos de trabajo, para su ulterior deportación, “el programa federal de DACA ha continuado a un ritmo robusto bajo Trump”.
Texans Angered by the Killing of Young Latino by Sheriff’s Deputy’s Husband
The death in Houston of a young Latino who was brutally strangled by the husband of an off-duty sheriff’s deputy has unleashed a wave of public outcry. The officer and her husband forcibly restrained the young man, John Hernández, after they saw him urinate in the parking lot of a restaurant.
(Español) Universitaria que vivió en hogares de crianza, inspira a niños que se las ven difícil en el sistema
College Grad Raised in Foster Care Inspires Abused Children. – The number of Latino children that end up in foster care after being abused or abandoned by their parents has grown rapidly in Los Angeles, and there is an urgent need for help from fellow Spanish-speakers.
