Sin Fronteras: Tariffs and the Economy

THURSDAY, MARCH 20
PROGRAM #10720 12:00 PM PT

Sin Fronteras. This is a program of “Sin Fronteras,” a special series to serve audiences in Mexico City and other Mexican state capitals with breaking news and analysis about major developments impacting Latinos in the US.

Guests: Mariana Pineda, Reporter, Houston, TX; Jesus Sanchez Melean, Executive Director, El Comercio de Colorado Newspaper, Denver, CO; Jose Lopez Zamorano, Reporter, Washington, DC.

Tariffs and the Economy. 

As Trump escalates threats against US trading partners and as stocks continue falling, there is talk of a recession in 2025. How are tariffs impacting the US economy?

Guest: Laura Rodríguez, Vice President for Government Affairs, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.

Khalil’s Detention, the Mass Persecution of the Documented and the Undocumented, and Green Cards. The detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist at Columbia University who faces deportation, has ignited a national debate about the mass persecution of the documented and the undocumented, and the right of green-card holders to due process. What are the next steps in the detention of Khalil? Who’s next? Legal experts discuss the legal and political ramifications.

Guest: Dr. Gonzalo Santos, Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology, California State University at Bakersfield-CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA.

Wartime Powers to Deport People? President Trump ordered a report on the US-Mexico border which could determine whether he invokes or not the Insurrection Act, an obscure wartime law that would allow him to deploy US military troops and declare martial law to carry out “the largest deportation campaign in US history.” What are the possible scenarios?

Guest: Maribel Hastings, Advisor, America’s Voice, Washington, DC.

Taxpayer Anxiety Over DHS Threats. Officials at the IRS rejected a request from the DHS to provide information on hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who paid taxes. Still, many taxpayers are expressing anxiety about their plans to file this year’s tax returns. How strong are the IRS privacy rules? Could the White House force the IRS to turn over records? What would be the consequences?

Guest: Jacqueline Laínez Flanagan, Deputy Director, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Washington, DC.

Photo: Markus Winkler/Unsplash

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