Immigration Edition.

TUESDAY, MAY 9
PROGRAM # 10000 12:00 PM PT

Immigration Edition.

The Biden administration will send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border starting this week, after US and Mexican officials agreed to new policies to deter undocumented migrant border crossings in preparation for the end of Title 42 and an expected migrant surge. Humanitarian activists comment on the situation at the border on the eve of the end of the emergency pandemic-era restrictions. In other news, the Republican legislature in Florida passed a package that cracks down on immigration. The bills, called the most draconian state immigration laws in the country, would prohibit a number of services for undocumented immigrants, including local community ID cards, out-of-state driver licenses, admission to the Florida Bar, and would require hospitals to report patients’ immigration status. What to expect about these laws? Finally, in Washington state, a Seattle company resumes deportation flights as Washington state lawmakers passed a bill to inspect and scrutinize detention centers.

Guests: Maru Mora Villalpando, Executive Director, Latino Advocacy, Seattle, WA.

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