Sin Fronteras. Legal Aid for Immigrants

THURSDAY, MAY 8

PROGRAM #10769 12:00 PM PT

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

Guests: Lilia O’Hara, Former Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune en Español, San Diego, CA; Araceli Martinez, Reporter, Los Angeles, CA; Jose Lopez Zamorano, News Correspondent, Washington, DC.

Legal Aid for Immigrants. 

A group of Latino congress members reintroduced the Securing Help for Immigrants through Education and Legal Defense (SHIELD) Act of 2025, a bill that would establish a federal grant program to support legal representation programs in states and cities that defend local residents from deportation. Also, the Fairness to Freedom Act, is a complementary measure that would establish a right to federal legal representation for all immigrants facing deportation.

Guest: Shayna Kessler, Advancing Universal Representation Director, Vera Institute of Justice, Brooklyn, NY.

US Citizen Children Deported or Left Behind. U.S. citizen children from different families were deported with their mothers by ICE, including one 4-year-old child with cancer and another baby that was still breastfeeding and was separated from mother. How did they happen?

Guest: Yanira Arias, Program Manager, Alianza Americas, San Juan, PR.

US: On Human Rights Watchlist? A number of groups urged the United Nations to address the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation of non-citizens in the United States. The human rights groups denounced ongoing violations of non-citizens’ fundamental rights through mass detention, denial of due process, abusive and discriminatory policing, labor exploitation, and suppression of civic space. The UN human rights body is scheduled to review this matter in November. What’s the significance of this initiative?

Guest: Sergio Perez, Executive Director, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, CA .

Mail Data to Help Deport People. The Trump administration continues enlisting federal agencies to help in the mass deportation plan. The Postal Inspection Service is now joining the IRS, the SSA and other agencies, and according to journalistic reports will help locate undocumented immigrants using data from mail and packages.

Guest: Victor D. Nieblas Pradis, Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School, National Past President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association-AILA, and Immigration Attorney, Law Office of Victor D. Nieblas P., City of Industry, CA.

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