Edición Semanaria (Weekly Edition)

Immigration Could Be the Focus of a Rematch Between Biden and Trump – President Biden and Donald Trump turned out to be the big winners on Super Tuesday. With former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s exit from the race, the stage is set for a rematch for the White House. But immigrant advocates believe that if the negative tone of the debate over immigration continues, it could be damaging for migrant communities as well as the electoral process. José López Zamorano has the details from Washington.

Will Oregon Criminalize Addiction Once Again? – Oregon’s state legislature has approved a bill to modify a pioneering law passed four years ago that strengthened medical and mental health care for addicts. However, faced with an explosion in fentanyl use and homelessness, lawmakers from both parties have introduced tough legislation. To become law, the bill only needs to be signed by the governor, who is facing pressure to veto it. Tania Gomezdaza reports on this controversy from Portland, an epicenter of drug use in the United States.

Latino Families in San Francisco Spread the Word about Medi-Cal – In California, all low-income immigrants who qualify can now get free public health insurance, known as Medi-Cal. This program, which would help many essential workers who rescued the country’s economy during the pandemic, is still not widely known among potential beneficiaries or they are not motivated to apply for it. Miguel Guerrero spoke with immigrants in San Francisco’s popular Mission District and he brings us this report.