In the U.S. for the World Cup? Know Your Rights

TUESDAY, JUNE 9

PROGRAM #11166 12:00 PM PT 

In the U.S. for the World Cup? Know Your Rights. 

Days before the tournament kicks off, pro-immigrant organizations and activists in the eleven host cities are mobilizing to protect fans and residents from ICE operations. The Cup arrives at a critical moment — nearly 20 people have died in immigration custody so far this year. Conflicting messages persist about the presence of agents near stadiums. Are attendees’ rights guaranteed? What rights protect them? And what should people do if an enforcement operation takes place nearby?

Guest: Rosalba Piña, Immigration Attorney, Chicago, IL.

Women at the Forefront of Resistance. In Miami, where the ICE field office carries out more than 100 immigrant arrests daily, Latina women are organizing to support the families of those detained. The organization Women Working Together is documenting a reality that rarely gets attention: women who avoid health care out of fear, who become sole breadwinners overnight, or who are detained in facilities where they don’t even have access to menstrual health products. What are they doing? How are they organized? And what do they offer?

Guests: Yaquelin López, Executive Director, Women Working Together, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Desirée Yepez, Managing News Producer, Radio Bilingüe, Palo Alto, CA.

A March for Immigrant Rights. Activists from Northern California are walking for three days and more than 50 miles from Napa to Dublin. The march demands citizenship for all, an end to ICE operations in the Bay Area, and the cancellation of federal plans to convert a former women’s prison into an immigrant detention center — as the White House pushes to expand its detention infrastructure across the region. What makes this protest stand out? How did it unfold? And what specific plans are the marchers pushing back against?

Guest: Griselda Valencia, Leader, Almas Libres, Santa Rosa, CA.

Design: Sara Shakir

Photo:  Nattawit/Lawrey/Adobe Stock

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