Edición Semanaria (Weekly Edition)

The Farm Bill: Caught in the Electoral Gridlock – With just weeks to go before the deadline to reach an agreement on the Farm Bill extension, negotiations are at a standstill, caught in the election cycle. Republican leaders are pushing to eliminate food subsidies and investments in climate-smart agriculture. Meanwhile, farming sectors are engaged in last-minute lobbying to increase support for small farmers and organic crops. Jose Lopez Zamorano visited Virginia’s agricultural fields and brings us this report from Washington, DC. 

In Florida, Who Will Take Care of Children Whose Parents are Deported? – Dozens of children in Florida have happily received backpacks and school supplies for the back-to-school season. But behind this atmosphere of celebration is their undocumented parents’ constant fear to be deported and separated from their kids by the looming threat of the severe anti-immigrant law enacted in the state last year. To alleviate those fears, a charitable organization is offering legal guardianship for these children. Diana Montaño reports from Miami with the details.