Legal Status: No Medicare

TUESDAY, APRIL 14
PROGRAM #11109 12:00 PM PT

Legal Status: No Medicare. 

Nearly 100,000 immigrants with legal status are about to lose access to Medicare. Last year’s budget megabill signed by Trump excludes certain categories of legal immigrants from the program — among them TPS holders, refugees, asylum seekers, survivors of domestic violence, trafficking victims, and work visa holders. Why will people who have paid their taxes be denied their benefits? What exactly does this decision entail? And when would it take effect?

Guest: Vanessa Sanchez, Senior Health Equity Reporter, El Timpano, San Francisco, CA.

Immigrant Day of Action 2026. An annual event held in Sacramento, California, to highlight the fight for immigrants’ rights, including access to healthcare, protection against detention and deportation, and food assistance. The event draws an attendance of about 1,000 participants.

Guests: Desiree Yepez, Managing News Producer, Radio Bilingüe; Carlos Alarcon, Policy Manager and Immigrant Rights Advocate, California Immigration Policy Center; Xóchitl Sanchez, Statewide Organizing Manager, California Immigration Policy Center; today from Sacramento, CA.

Another Victim of ICE Bullets. ICE agents in California shot Carlos Iván Mendoza Hernández, a Salvadoran immigrant, worker, and father, who remains hospitalized. Authorities have labeled him a suspected gang member — but his defense team has presented evidence that directly contradicts those claims. What happened during the operation? Who is Mendoza Hernández? What do the facts show, and where does the investigation stand?

Guest: Ximena Loeza, Reporter, The Modesto Focus / Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, Modesto, CA.

Photo: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash

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