MONDAY, JANUARY 7.

PROGRAM # 6867 12:00 PM PT  

OFF LIMITS MIGRANT CAMPS? A coalition of advocacy organizations is making history by asking the United Nations to step in against the practice of denying farm workers the right to receive visitors and social service providers in U.S. migrant labor camps. The groups call this a human rights violation and urge federal action.

Guests: Sarah Rich, Attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, El Paso, TX; Carlos Maldonado, Community worker, California Rural Legal Aid, Oceanside, CA.; María Ayala, farm worker, Mission, TX.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8.

PROGRAM # 6868   12:00 PM PT

DEPORTATION RELIEF. President Obama has declared that immigration reform is a priority. What are the concrete plans to begin working on immigration reform? Can something be done to reunite families separated by deportation? Can the Affordable Care Act be extended to the dreamer youth benefitting from Deferred Action? This program reviews these and other topics with immigration experts.

Guests: Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, Democrat, Congressman representing Illinois' 4th District, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., www.gutierrez.house.gov; Marielena Hincapié, Executive director, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, www.nilc.org. 

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9.

PROGRAM # 6869   12:00 PM PT  

NEW MORTGAGE LAW IN EFFECT. On January 1st, California’s Homeowners Bill of Rights went into effect. Considered the strongest anti-foreclosure legislation in the country, the law helps struggling homeowners modify their mortgage and save their homes. Advocates are starting a campaign to encourage homeowners to learn about the new law. This edition also includes news on the new agreement with banks to pay homeowners for mistakes made during the foreclosure process.

G uests: Daniel Rodríguez, Director of Community Wealth, East L.A. Community Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, www.elacc.org; José Vega, Homeowner, activist, Pittsburg, CA.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10.

PROGRAM # 6870  12:00 PM PT  

 
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11.

PROGRAM # 6871   12:00 PM PT

MEXICO EDITION. Citizens begin to affiliate themselves individually with the National Regeneration Movement in Mexico, led by the left-of-center Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is seeking to build a political party. The National Democratic Lawyers' Association has begun to collect signatures to reject the reforms to Mexico's Federal Labor Law, approved in November of 2012. The goal is to bring together 10 million workers to present a mass appeal to ask that the previous Constitutional Article 123 be respected. This edition also includes an interview with journalist Héctor Tenorio Muñoz, who comments on the meeting he had in 1993 with Hugo Chávez and the crucial moment lived in today's Venezuela. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Héctor Tenorio Muñoz,  Mexican journalist, Author of the book Los Profetas del Golpe, Mexico City, Mexico.

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