ICE Raids

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

PROGRAM #10674 11:00 AM PT 

Extra Edition: ICE Raids. 

A Latino contractor who is a US citizen reports that he was arrested, detained and his work truck vandalized by ICE agents during a Border Patrol raid in Kern, in Central California. A Kern community advocate tells this story, discusses the shock waves the raids are having in the community and shares resources available for immigrant workers and businesses.

Guest: Reyna Olaguez, CEO, Building Healthy Communities Kern, Bakersfield, CA.

Countering Fear. As ICE carries out raids and fear spreads among immigrant families across the nation, activists push back and call on Latino communities to advocate for themselves by getting organized and building a movement to resist civil and human rights violations.

Guests: Genoveva Islas, Executive Director, Cultiva la Salud Fresno, CA; Lourdes Medina, Communications Organizer, Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network-SIREN, Fresno, CA; Ruben Tapia, Reporter and Producer, Radio Bilingüe, Los Angeles, CA.

Photo: ICE.gov

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