SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17.

PROGRAM # 6560  14:00 PM PT  

ALABAMA: VOICES FROM THE SHADOWS. Leaders from the nation’s top civil rights organizations convene in Alabama to advocate a repeal of the state’s immigration law. At the same time, the United States Civil Rights Commission is analyzing whether state immigration enforcement laws, like the one in Alabama, increase discrimination, hate crimes, or racial profiling. The Chairman of the Commission joins this edition to hear testimony directly from Alabama listeners. This edition is simulcast on the Radio Bilingüe network, the three-station network of La Jefa Radio in Alabama, and KIQI in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, and marks the anniversary of International Migrants Day.

Guests: Martín Castro, Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Chicago, IL, www.usccr.gov; José Antonio Castro, Program Director and Host, Radio La Jefa, Montgomery, AL, www.aquimandalajefa.com ; Gerardo Guzman, News producer, La Jefa Radio, Montgomery, AL

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PROGRAM # 6561  15:00 PM PT

ALABAMA: CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT. This is the second hour of a special program simulcast in Alabama and on Radio Bilingüe, with testimony from civil rights leaders whon attended a pro-immigrant summit in Montgomery and radio colleagues from Alabama on the effects of Alabama's immigration law, the harshest in the country. This edition aires on the Radio Bilingüe network, the three-station network of La Jefa Radio in Alabama, and KIQI in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.

Guests:  José Antonio Castro, Program Director and Host, Radio La Jefa, Montgomery, AL, www.aquimandalajefa.com; Gerardo Guzman, News producer, La Jefa Radio, Montgomery, AL; Dagmara Lopez, Coordinator of program to support migrant families, ICIRR, Chicago, IL and Montgomery, AL; Maria Alejandra Salazar, Community organizer, ICIRR, Chicago, IL and Montgomery, AL; Artemio Arreola, Political Director, ICIRR, Chicago, IL and Montgomery, AL.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19.

PROGRAM # 6562  12:00 PM PT

ALABAMA: VOICES FROM THE SHADOWS - A REPEAT. Leaders from the nation’s top civil rights organizations convene in Alabama to advocate a repeal of the state’s immigration law. At the same time, the United States Civil Rights Commission is analyzing whether state immigration enforcement laws, like the one in Alabama, increase discrimination, hate crimes, or racial profiling. The Chairman of the Commission joins this edition to hear testimony directly from Alabama listeners. This edition originally aired in simulcast on the Radio Bilingüe network, the three-station network of La Jefa Radio in Alabama, and KIQI in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, and marks the anniversary of International Migrants Day.

Guests: Martín Castro, Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Chicago, IL, www.usccr.gov; José Antonio Castro, Program Director and Host, Radio La Jefa, Montgomery, AL, www.aquimandalajefa.com ; Gerardo Guzman, News producer, La Jefa Radio, Montgomery, AL:

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20.

PROGRAM # 6563   12:00 PM PT

THE FIGHT OVER TAXES. Democrats and Republicans in Congress haven't reached an agreement on a bill that would extend the payroll tax cut and the expiring benefits for the unemployed. Eleventh-hour bargaining continues to avoid a government shutdown. This edition focuses on what’s behind the disagreement, and how it will affect Americans from all walks of life.

Guests: Secretary Hilda Solís, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., www.dol.gov; José Dante Parra, Spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Washington, D.C., http://reid.senate.gov/;  Gabriel Villalobos, Guest Commentator, Radio Host and Producer, Contacto Total, KNUV 1190 AM, Phoenix, AZ 

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21.

PROGRAM # 6564  12:00 PM PT

BENEFITS OF THE NEW HEALTH REFORM LAW. A top doctor and radio commentator joins this edition to share some of the biggest changes that the Affordable Care Act has made for health insurance coverage and how to make the most out of the provisions of the law. He also dispels myths about who is eligible or not and helps listeners make health resolutions for the new year.

Guest: Dr. Pablo Rodríguez, Gynecologist, Women’s  Care, Pawtucket, RI, www.women-care.com.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22.

PROGRAM # 6565  12:00 PM PT     

ALABAMA: CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT. This is a repeat of the second hour of a special program simulcast in Alabama and on Radio Bilingüe, with testimony from civil rights leaders whon attended a pro-immigrant summit in Montgomery and radio colleagues from Alabama on the effects of Alabama's immigration law, the harshest in the country. This edition originally aired during the weekend on the Radio Bilingüe network, the three-station network of La Jefa Radio in Alabama, and KIQI in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento.

Guests:  José Antonio Castro, Program Director and Host, Radio La Jefa, Montgomery, AL,  www.aquimandalajefa.com; Gerardo Guzman, News producer, La Jefa Radio, Montgomery, AL; Dagmara Lopez, Coordinator of program to support migrant families, ICIRR, Chicago, IL and Montgomery, AL; Maria Alejandra Salazar, Community organizer, ICIRR, Chicago, IL and Montgomery, AL.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23.

PROGRAM # 6566   12:00 PM PT    

MEXICO EDITION. Two weeks after the violent attack on protesters blocking the federal highway known as Autopista del Sol in Guerrero, Mexico, in which two students were shot and killed, neither the state nor the federal government have been able to clarify who the agents were who shot the students with high-caliber weapons. Young students marched peacefully in Mexico City to protest, and Mexico’s lower house of Congress, the Cámara de Diputados, decided to analyze the demand of a political trial against governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero. This edition is broadcast on the eve of a religious ceremony at the federal highway where the youth Jorge Alexis Herrera Pino and Gabriel Echeverría de Jesús were killed. Activists say the governor attacked the students of Ayotzinapa because they are an organized force that opposes the mining and hydroelectric projects of Canadian companies in the state. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.
 
Taped Interviews: Carlos García, Student, Rural Normal School Raúl Isidro Burgos, Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.

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