Immigration Edition

TUESDAY, MAY 30
PROGRAM # 10021 12:00 PM PT

Immigration Edition

A human rights advocate comments on Texas House Bill 7, a far-reaching, restrictive immigration policy. If passed, the legislation would establish a Border Protection Unit, a state police force with expanded powers. On other news, after the end of the Title 42 policy, Congress is under renewed pressure to act on border legislation. The House GOP has a largely symbolic, enforcement-only bill, from restarting construction of a southern border wall to placing new restrictions on asylum seekers. In the Senate, some members are talking about a larger immigration bill. What are these actions about? Finally, the University of California took a historic step to allow the hiring of undocumented students for jobs across the 10-campus system. UC will now create a working group to work on a plan.

Guests: Fernando Garcia, Director, Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR), El Paso, TX; Astghik Hairapetian, Attorney and Law Fellow, UCLA Center, Los Angeles, CA; Oscar Chacón, Co-founder and Executive Director, Alianza Americas, Chicago, IL; Maribel Hastings, Senior Advisor and columnist at America’s Voice and America’s Voice Education Fund, Washington, DC.

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