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June 1, 1999
12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
PUBLIC CHARGE: NEW RULES. The Clinton Administration announced standards clarifying the meaning of "public charge" for noncitizens who want a green card. Immigrants had avoided seeking health care and social services fearing denial of their residence visa. Josh Bernstein, with the National Immigration Law Center, comments on the new guidance.
ZAPOTEC-SPANISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. A conversation with Felipe Lopez, a former undocumented farmworker turned college educator who is publishing a comprehensive dictionary in English, Spanish and his native Zapotec language. Lopez is a teacher at University of California, Los Angeles.
June 2, 1999
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderon comment from El Paso on recent developments in the immigration law. Spector-Calderon also answers listener call-ins on visa application procedures.
THE EMIGRES BALLOT: SENATE LOBBY. Mexican émigré activists talk about ongoing efforts to lobby Mexico's Senate to allow the right to vote during next year's presidential elections. The program will also include interviews with moderate senators from a reformist caucus in Mexico's ruling party.
June 3, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION. A weekly program hosted by WRTU's station manager Rafael Gracia, featuring interviews and news reports on news developments impacting the Caribbean basin.
MEXICO EDITION: VOICES FROM LISTENERS. Weekly host Paco Huerta conducts interviews and airs listener call-ins with comments on current issues in Mexico City. This program is part of the daily series "Voz Publica," an interactive radio program broadcasting in Mexico City.
June 4, 1999
MEXICO'S SENATOR DIONISIO PEREZ. Sen. Dionisio Perez Jacome, member of PRI, Mexico's ruling party, talks about deliberations in the Senate on electoral reform and the push to allow emigres to vote in next year's presidential elections. He will also comment on his party's decision to select their presidential candidate through open primaries.
"A GREAT BEGINNING": A CD PREMIERES. An interview with Alfredo Figueroa and his family. Mr. Figueroa is a veteran educator, activist and folk art promoter in Blythe, CA. He is releasing a new CD entitled "A Great Beginning," with music singing the pre-Columbian roots and dreams of the U.S. Southwest.
June 7, 1999
HEALTH EDITION: LIVER DISEASE. A look into chronic hepatitis C, alcoholic abuse liver disease, gallstones, and gallbladder cancer, ailments common among individuals of color. Data shows that more patients of color die of liver disease and less survive after liver transplantation than non-Latino whites. A physician talks about prevention and treatment.
GUEST WORKERS AND FARM LABOR BOYCOTTS. Farm labor leaders Ventura Gutierrez and Fernando Cuevas, Sr, talk on the boycott against pickle giant Mt. Olive Pickle Co. and the efforts to create a national farmworker network to advocate for better wages and opportunities and protection against pesticides.Also, an interview with Mexican Sen. Amador Rodriguez Lozano (PRI-Baja California), on his support for an H2A "bracero" program between Mexico and the U.S.
June 8, 1999
FIELD LABOR CAMPS. Ricardo Garcia, KDNA's General Manager in Granger, WA, comments on renewed efforts by the agricultural growers lobby in favor of setting up camping tents to house temporary workers during the upcoming picking season. Farmworker advocates, after succeeding in blocking this project in the past, call this an unacceptable substandard housing option.
IMMIGRATION EDITION: LATE AMNESTY. Attorney Carlos Spector Calderon will provide an update on the options for "Amnistia Tardia" applicants, whose residency status has been in limbo for over ten years. The Clinton Administration has been resisting lobbying campaigns to regularize the documents of this population, estimated in 300,000.
June 9, 1999
PADRES UNIDOS. Latino parents in Denver's school district expressed outrage after a high school student arrested by a campus police officer on a traffic violation was turned to the INS and subsequently deported. Parents demand assurances from the local and campus police to discontinue those practices.
NACARA. Immigrant rights advocates welcomed recent regulations easing legal residency procedures for thousands of Central American families. A leader of Guatemalan refugees now challenge the US Department of Justice to treat Salvadorans and Guatemalans with similar standards to Nicaraguans and grant amnesty to all.
June 10, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION. Rafael Gracia, general manager of WRTU in San Juan, interviews Puerto Rican news makers on issues impacting the nations of the Caribbean basin.
MEXICO EDITION. A program of the series "Voz Publica," which includes interviews with news sources and call-ins from listeners in Mexico City on current affairs in Mexico. The series is hosted by veteran civic journalism advocate Francisco Huerta, Mexico's National Journalism Award recipient.
June 11, 1999
FLACO JIMENEZ. A conversation with one of the most accomplished Texan accordion virtuosos. Five-time Grammy award winner, Flaco has been performing since age seven alongside his father Santiago, considered the father of modern conjuntos. He is known for his continuing blends of traditional Texano with country and rock music. Flaco Jimenez headlines the upcoming Norteno/Texano Festival in Fresno, CA, on June 19.
MAQUILADORAS. Hundreds of maquiladora plants along the Mexican border generate millions of dollars every year and have become a key source of revenue for Mexico. However, the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are far from sharing that windfall. Martha Ojeda, a maquila industry union leader in Chihuahua, provides insights.
June 14, 1999
HEALTH EDITION: DIABETES UNDER CONTROL. Almost 16 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. Many, including a large percentage of Latinos, are not aware of their illness. And while there is no known cure, diabetes can be controlled through lifestyle changes and proper treatment. Dr. America Bracho, executive director for Latino Health Access in Los Angeles and a regular commentator for Linea Abierta, provides advice.
MEDICAL REFUNDS. California is reimbursing funds confiscated from immigrants who lawfully used medical-funded health services. The funds, taken from non-citizen medical applicants since 1996, are estimated at $4 million. The reimbursement action was spurred by a lawsuit in San Diego.
June 15, 1999
LINEA ABIERTA PREMIERES LIVE IN TIJUANA/SAN DIEGO. This live broadcast from XHITT, Radio Tecnologico in Tijuana, Mexico, premieres Linea Abierta for audiences in Tijuana and San Diego, the most visited international border gate in the world. The program takes a look into the dreams and challenges of this conflictive while promising area. Issues include migrant protection, maquila plants, free trade, border fortification and others.
IMMIGRATION EDITION: FRAUD AT THE BORDER. Weekly commentator attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon talks about reports of widespread fraud against visa applicants at the U.S. Consulate in Cd. Juarez, Mexico. Public notaries, motels, restaurants, apartment owners and security guards are reported to prey on applicants in need of documents. Spector-Calderon will also answer listener calls on the immigration and naturalization law.
June 16, 1999
911 LINE LIABLE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRAMA. An appeals court upheld the right of three plaintiffs to sue Los Angeles County government for failing to respond to a 911 call. The plaintiffs are children of Maria Navarro, who was murdered by his husband despite timely pleads to the 911 operator for help. Marco Lopez, attorney for the Navarro family will join a training expert on emergency phone calls, comment on this case, which promises to impact the handling of emergency calls in domestic violence cases.
RESTORING DRIVING LICENSES TO IMMIGRANTS. Legislation proposing to restore driving rights to immigrants without residency documents in California cleared the full legislative Assembly and is now pending before a Senate committee. Angie Velazquez, with the Northern California Immigrant Rights Coalition, Trini Rodriguez, a police officer from Southern California and other grassroots lobbyists talk on the issue.
June 17, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION: VETERAN GAMES. WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, focuses on national games that are expected to attract 500 war veterans on wheelchairs. They'll talk about how those games began and their impact on the nations well being.
MEXICO EDITION: VOZ PUBLICA. Renowned civic journalism advocate Paco Huerta hosts this program as part of the series "Voz Publica," an interview and call-in program on current Mexican issues showcasing opinions from Mexico City listeners.
June 18, 1999
ROOTS OF TEJANO MUSIC. Dr. Manuel Pena, an authority on Tejano folk and popular music, comments on his book … "Musica Tejana", just published by Texas A&M University Press. Dr. Penas book is a comprehensive study of the origins and development of Tejano music. This program is part of a special series on Radio Bilingue's Norteno/Tejano Festival, a gathering of accordion conjunto musicians headlined by San Antonio's Flaco Jimenez. The celebration will take place in downtown Fresno, CA, on June 19.
MEXICO EDITION: INNOCENT OR GUILTY. Mexico City commentator Paco Huerta shares an edition of the radio series "Innocent or Guilty," recorded earlier in the week. The program includes testimonials from women prisoners in Mexico City, describing thought-provoking cases where the listener becomes a virtual grand juror.
June 21, 1999
HEALTH EDITION - COLORECTAL CANCER II. This is the second most common cause of cancer fatalities in the United States, with about 150,000 new cases being diagnosed every year. Although this form of cancer is one of the most curable, many wait until the tumor is developed and it is too late. In this program, Dr. Rolando Saenz makes the case for testing and early diagnosis. This is the second in a four-part series focusing on colorectal cancer, sponsored by the National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO).
MEXICO'S DROUGHT. Rain storms over the scorched deserts of Nuevo Leon and Chihuahua promise to end a five-year drought that has depleted water reservoirs and devastated agriculture and cattle in twelve northern Mexican states. In this program, geologist Carlos Garcia, chairman of the Sociedad Cientifica de Chihuahua, talks about tax breaks to build water storage facilities at home, recycling wasted waters, managing forest resources, and other water conservation measures to prevent drought disasters.
June 22, 1999
JESUS BLANCORNELAS. Publisher of Zeta, a weekly magazine in Tijuana/San Diego, Blancornelas has received in recent months a number of journalistic awards, including the UNESCO and the interamerican society of journalists awards. Blancornelas was shot down and his bodyguard murdered in an attempt on his life widely attributed to his constant exposes on narco-politics.
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Weekly commentator attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon talks about current issues at the US-Mexico border and the immigration arena. Spector-Calderon will also answer listener calls on the immigration and naturalization law.
June 23, 1999
BORDER HEALTH. A conversation with Iveliesse Malave, director of the Hispanic Initiative of Health Resources and Services Administration, a federal agency in Washington, DC. She talks about a task force created to help improve health of the US-Mexico border residents, including advice to clinics in San Diego, Nogales and Las Cruces, and efforts to attract bilingual physicians.
"COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS FOR Y2K." A community-based organization in Oakland, CA, advises local advocacy or service-providing groups to prepare for the Y2K bug. Director Rosa Zubiarreta talks about how to diagnose computers, deal with possible interruptions, create neighborhood networks, and other preparedness issues.Also, Vanessa Villalba, spokesperson for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a federal banking-insurance institution, talks about measures taken by the banking industry to prevent Y2K problems for savings/checking account holders.
June 24, 1999
PUERTO RICO EDITION - PROTECTING THE SKIN DURING THE SUMMER TIME. WRTU, Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, discusses the effects of exposure to the sun and how to enjoy sunny days and get new vitamins without health risks.
MEXICO EDITION - VOZ PUBLICA. Renowned civic journalism advocate Paco Huerta hosts this program as part of the series "Voz Publica," an interview and call-in program on current Mexican issues showcasing opinions from listeners in Mexico City.
June 25, 1999
IMMIGRANTS CORRIDOS. Carlos Spector-Calderon joins Linea Abierta from El Paso, TX, for a second edition on immigration law issues. Spector begins the program with comments about how immigration policies are told by folk singers in corridos populares.
MEXICO EDITION - INNOCENT OR GUILTY. Mexico City commentator Paco Huerta shares an edition of the radio series "Innocent or Guilty," recorded earlier in the week. The program includes testimonials from women prisoners in Mexico City, describing thought-provoking cases in which the listener becomes a virtual grand juror.
June 28, 1999
HEALTH EDITION - Dr. Elmer Huerta, a regular commentator, joins Linea Abierta from Washington, DC, to share insights on the latest advancements in the study of the lymphatic system, Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins disease and procedures to clean and detoxify the system. Dr. Huerta also answers listener questions about specific ailments.
NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS BILL. A bill sponsored by Assemblyman Marco Firebaugh, from Los Angeles, to remove the higher registration fees for non-resident students in California state colleges, passed the Assembly and is now pending before a Senate Committee in Sacramento. The bill, supported by immigrant student advocacy groups, is scheduled for discussion in early July. Assemblyman Firebaugh and Lupe Alonso, from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund - MALDEF, join the program.
June 29, 1999
GUEST WORKER AMENDMENT. In the US Senate, an amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill known as the McConnell H-2A amendment seeks to shorten the time growers spend recruiting US field workers before the US Department of Labor declares a labor shortage situation in the fields. Farm worker advocates in Oregon warn that this amendment will have devastating effects on farm workers. A conversation with Ramon Ramirez, president of PCUN, a farm workers union in Portland, OR.
FIELDS OF POISON. A conversation with Margaret Reeves, from Pesticide Action Network in San Francisco on a recent study by Kate Hallward entitled "Fields of Poison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides." This is a joint study by the United Farm Workers of America and other organizations. It compiles data from nearly 4,000 poisoning cases and testimonials. Research points at pesticide control laws that are not adequately protecting fieldworkers.
June 30, 1999
SEARCH AND SEIZURES. Correspondent Emilio Santos will report from Laredo, TX, on cases where property has been confiscated from individuals suspected of drug trafficking violations. For those found innocent, recovery of their assets usually takes years. The "Civil Asset Forfeiture Act, sponsored by Henry Hide, R-IL, seeks to stop search and seizure operations and protect constitucional rights for those individuals. The American Civil Rights Union and the National Rifle Association, an odd alliance, support the bill. The US Department of Justice and police groups lobby against it.
IMMIGRATION EDITION. Weekly commentator attorney Carlos Spector-Calderon talks about a bill being reintroduced in Congress by Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-San Diego, that would deny citizenship to children of the undocumented. Spector-Calderon discusses the message it sends on the week of the Fourth of July festivities, a holiday that celebrates liberties and citizenship. Spector-Calderon will also answer listener calls on immigration and naturalization law.
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