Sin Fronteras – Tariffs: The Week After

Guest: Sergio Olmos, Reporter, CalMatters, Los Angeles, CA.

The Feared Salvadoran “Mega-Prison.” As the US admitted making mistakes on deportations, authorities continue sending immigrants to a Salvadoran “mega-prison” that was built as part of the crackdown against gangs. Who’s being sent there? What’s known about the incarceration conditions? What’s known about the business deal?

Guest: Leonel Herrera, Journalist at the Diario Co Latino and Environmentalist, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Protecting School Campuses. In response to growing fear among immigrant families, California’s top education official introduced a state bill that will limit the presence of ICE agents on school campuses. He also advocated for the expansion of Dual Language Immersion programs across California as resources that will be key to prepare students to succeed, compete, and lead in a multilingual, global economy.

Guest: Cristina Salazar, Legislative Advocate, Californians Together, Sacramento, CA.

Challenging Trump’s Order on Voting. About 20 states sued President Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the US, calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections. The lawsuit, the fourth against the executive order, seeks to block new requirements that people provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a demand that all mail ballots be received by Election Day, and others.

Guest: Kira Romero-Craft, Attorney, Brennan Center, Orlando, FL.

IRS Agrees to Share Immigrant Tax Data with ICE. The IRS reached an agreement with ICE to share data about taxpayers and their families with Trump’s deportation machine, information that no one would want to be shared about their families. What are taxpayers advised to do this coming April 15?