State Immigrant Protections

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

PROGRAM #10759 12:00 PM PT 

State Immigrant Protections. 

The Colorado Senate passed a bill to expand protections for undocumented immigrants and limit where federal officials can enforce immigration law in the state, including public child care centers, schools and health care facilities. Also, a federal judge in Denver extended a ban on deportations under a 1798 law.

Guest: Rep. Lorena Garcia, Colorado House of Representatives, Denver, CO.

ICE Raid in Los Angeles. ICE agents arrested between 15 and 20 people at a day laborers gathering site in Pomona, sparking concerns among families and outrage among community members and civic leaders, who pledged to assist those affected. Why and how were they arrested?

Guests: Alexis Teodoro, Labor Rights Director, Day Laborer Center, Pomona, CA; Ramon Domingo, brother of Jesús Domingo Ros, who was arrested outside the Home Depot in Pomona, Pomona, CA.

ICE Raids in Florida. A large-scale operation to arrest hundreds of undocumented immigrants is reportedly under way in Florida. The raids, known as Operation Marea Negra, Oil Spill, are carried out in several cities by federal ICE agents with the help of state police. Florida Gov. DeSantis signed earlier this year two laws that allow the state to crackdown on undocumented migrants.

Guest: Thomas Kennedy, Spokesperson, Florida Immigrant Coalition-FLIC, Miami, FL.

Photo: Greg O’Beirne/WikiMedia Commons

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