New Protections for Immigrants Expected

TUESDAY, JUNE 18
PROGRAM #10411 12:00 PM PT

Immigration Edition. President Biden is expected to announce legal protections from deportation for long-term undocumented immigrants, as leading Latinos in Congress call on the White House to order new protections for DACA recipients who are facing threats of deportation. On other news, Cal-OSHA is asking the federal government to allow immigrant workers to stay in the US to serve as witnesses during a labor investigation on a detention center. Finally, another detention center in El Paso is facing scrutiny by concerned US Senators.

Guests: Daniela Campos, Press Secretary, Office of U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Washington, DC; Karín Umfrey, Senior Staff Attorney, Worksafe: Safety, Health, & Justice for Workers, Oakland, CA along with a former detainee; Larry Kleinman, Co-Founder, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste-PCUN and Political Analyst, Radio Poder, Woodburn, OR.

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