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Donald Trump becomes the first convicted felon elected president of the United States, also the oldest person, the wealthiest person, and apparently the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote. Republicans have also won the Senate, and remains to be seen if they also win the House. To discuss what happened, we're joined by John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 0:20 -What happens to the criminal and civil cases against Trump now? Jeremy Stahl is Jurisprudence editor at Slate.  0:33 – Latinos, immigration and the election Oscar A. Chacón is Senior Strategy Advisor for Alianza Americas.  0:45 – The impact on the war on Palestine and US solidarity movements Khury Petersen-Smith, Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. 1:10 – San Francisco sees a swing to the right Tim Redmond is the founder of 48hills, and has covered San Francisco for more than 30 years.  1:25 – Oakland votes to recall both mayor and district attorney Pecolia Manigo is the political director of Oakland Rising, which mobilizes and educates voters in the flatlands – East and West Oakland – around issues of social justice. 1:35 – What happened in Los Angeles: District Attorney's race Melina Abdullah is a Vice Presidential candidate who ran this election as an Independent with Dr Cornel West. She's a professor of pan-African studies at Cal State Los Angeles, as well as the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. 1:45 – California ballot propositions Keyan Bliss is a community organizer with the Anti Police Terror Project in Sacramento, where he also serves as a commissioner on the Sacramento Community Police Review Commission.  Co-hosted by Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert.  The post Post-Election Day 2024 Special appeared first on KPFA.

The threat of a Donald Trump presidency has prompted hundreds of people from a dozen countries to begin walking to the U.S. border in an attempt to gain access before a potential ban on immigrants. It's the latest in a surge of recent legal and illegal immigration attempts over the U.S.-Mexico border that is a focus of political campaigns portraying immigrants as a safety threat and a drain on public resources. We'll hear from tribal representatives about how they view immigration from the southern border. GUESTS Dr. David Martinez (Akimel O'odham enrolled at the Gila River Indian Community), professor of American Indian studies and transborder studies and the director and founder of the Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations at Arizona State University Oscar Chacón, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas

What compels men and women to leave their home countries behind to migrate to the United States? Oscar Chacon, executive director of Alianza Americas, has made it his mission to answer this question for our elected leaders whose policies determine the quality of life for some 22 million Latin American and the Caribbean immigrants, the largest segment of America's foreign born population who now reside in the U.S. As Oscar shares on this episode of Power Station, until America's leaders understand the political, economic, and environmental conditions in El Salvador, Venezuela, Honduras, and Mexico, and other countries of origin, they cannot fully appreciate what drives migration. He defies conventional advocacy strategies by sending American policy makers to embed with families and communities in Latin America and bringing Latin Americans to tell their stories in America. Alianza is a safe space for Latin American and Caribbean leaders of community based nonprofits here to tackle inequities both in the US and at home. Immigrants are a committed community, sending $156 billion dollars back home, an amount greater than any other form of U.S. assistance to Latin American countries. This, Oscar tells us, is the power of love and empathy.  

This is the full 3-17-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Oscar Chacon, Executive Director of Alianza Americas, discusses the so-called “migrant crisis”. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

This is the full 3-3-2024 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Our 20th / 30th Anniversary special! Labor Express Radio started in Fall 1993, so the program actually had its 30th birthday some months ago. February marked the 20th anniversary of current host producer Jerry Mead-Lucero at the helm. This 2 hour + special features a panel discussion with Scott Houldieson UAWD Steering Cmte Chair, and former VP UAW L551- Richard Berg organizer with Chicago Teachers Union (specifically charter school division) - Jorge Mujica of ARISE Chicago Workers Center - and includes the original host of Labor Express, Wayne Heimbach. Following that we hear from Labor Radio Podcast Network founder Chris Garlock. We include several brief audio clips from the Labor Express Radio archive from the past 20 years. Last but not least, thoughts on the migrant “crisis” from Oscar Chacon of Alianza Americas. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

En este episodio, pudimos hablar con Sarah Rosland y Bruce Tyler con respecto a la iniciativa de Alianza Americas llamada "Nos Conectamos". Esta iniciativa ayudara a muchos mienbros de nuestra comunidad a familiarizarse mas con el mundo tecnologico. A la vez, aprenderemos sobre el programa de ayuda con el pago de internet para familias de bajos recursos conocido como ACP

On Tuesday, outgoing mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a state of emergency regarding the influx of migrants into Chicago. The declaration comes as Title 42 is set to expire today, which allowed for the immediate expulsion of migrants who crossed the U.S, Mexican border. Reset gets an update from Elvia Malagón, social justice and wage gap reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times, about the asylum seekers arriving in Chicago and what the city plans to do next. They also talk to Helena Olea, associate director of programs at Alianza Americas about how migrants are faring.

El presidente Joe Biden dio su mensaje sobre el Estado de la Unión ante el Congreso, donde la población latina y los inmigrantes tuvieron una presencia mínima, apenas mencionados sobre la necesidad de una reforma migratoria o, al menos, una protección a 'dreamers'. Yanira Arias, portavoz de Alianza Americas, explica las consecuencias de esas referencias mínimas del mandatario demócrata.

On the Your Rights At Work radio show, Union Veterans Council Executive Director Will Attig on how the UVC mobilized against a lawsuit seeking to block counting of military ballots in Wisconsin. On the TWU Local 513 Podcast, Local 513 Veterans Committee Chairman Sean Deeks joins Brian Parker to talk about the Veterans Committee's mission, and why it's so important for our veterans to get involved. The Rick Smith Show's Working Class Heroes' Tour comes to Rick's hometown, Cleveland, Ohio. Phones down, fists up: a report from the strike by call center workers at Maximus, from the Working People podcast. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Alianza Americas and Lawyers for Civil Rights discuss their lawsuit targeting Republican politicians responsible for the fraudulent transportation of migrants under false pretenses. And in our final segment, from the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, a candid look at the challenges and opportunities with self-taping and what the union is doing to address these concerns. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @DCLabor @RickSmithShow @WorkingPod @WLUW @Brian_TWU @sagaftra Edited by Patrick Dixon, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

This is the full 10-16-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, Alianza Americas and Lawyers for Civil Rights initiate a lawsuit targeting the Republican politicians responsible for the fraudulent transportation of migrants under false pretenses. Also, audio from the historic UAW Presidential Candidates Forum, the first direct election of UAW leadership in at least 70 years. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era policy that granted protected legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But this week, the 5th Circuit court in New Orleans, La. declared DACA to be illegal. The court allowed current recipients to reapply, keeping the status of the program unchanged, but the future of it uncertain. Reset hears from DACA recipients Erendira Rendon, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project; and Dulce Dominguez, development director at Alianza Americas.

Tucked away in a corner office at COPAL Minnesota, Francisco Segovia and Claudia Lainez talk with their guest about the show they're about to record. Segovia and Lainez co-host Radio Jornalera's show Entre Mundos — Between Worlds. Their guest, Rita Robles, is returning to Mexico, and so they are pre-taping the following week's show. Robles, who works for Alianza Americas in Mexico, will be discussing forced migration. Radio Jornalera began airing in Minnesota in October 2020. But has its roots in Pasadena, Calif. It's part of a network that spans the country as well as El Salvador and Guatemala. And it began as a way to get information out to day laborers, so they could know their rights and know who to turn to for help when needed, Segovia said. He said the network reached out to COPAL to see if they were interested in opening a station in Minnesota. Ben Hovland | MPR News The door to Radio Jornalera's recording studio is seen in Minneapolis on Sept. 8. Lainez said each station focuses on issues that are relevant to the area they're in. “I believe that many of the issues we deal with, not only on Entre Mundos, but on the other programs, are meant for the community to be informed about what is going on,” Lainez said. She worked at Radio Jornalera in Pasadena before moving to Minnesota. Lainez said they would discuss policy issues that impact immigrants and their children — like DACA and TPS.  And during the pandemic, being able to share information through Radio Jornalera was vital. “And we saw at that time that Radio Jornalera was like a vehicle that allowed us to reach many people through an app or through the programs on Facebook,” Lainez said. Entre Mundos is just one of seven programs aired on Radio Jornalera Minnesota Monday through Friday —  including a daily program that airs from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on weekdays. Ben Hovland | MPR News Radio controller Mike Castillo prepares to record Radio Jornalera's latest episode at COPAL's offices in Minneapolis on Sept. 8. Currently Radio Jornalera Minnesota and its various programs can be heard live by downloading the app. Segovia said in the future they hope to have a podcast where the different shows can be available. The idea behind Entre Mundos is that many people, especially immigrants, live in dual worlds, Segovia said. It's especially true of first-generation immigrants who often don't feel they're from here or their native country, he said. "Our homes are those dual worlds and our children also live in those dual worlds. So those are identities that we have to live with every day. Sometimes we'll say I'm from Minnesota, or I'm Salvadoran, or what am I?  So we live in those worlds and we move between those worlds,” Segovia said. This is why they do shows focused on topics such as transnational issues, he said. For example, the show with Robles focused on how factors like climate change force people to leave their homes. But the show's topics also touch on issues closer to home. Ben Hovland | MPR News Show guest Rita Robles (center) laughs with co-hosts Claudia Lainez (left) and Francisco Segovia during a taping in Minneapolis on Sept. 8. They also make sure the issues and voices they cover reflect all the different ethnicities within the Latino community. "So I think in this sense the diversity of voices we have on this radio reflects our community,” Segovia said.  “We have Central American voices, Mexican voices, voices from various countries. It's the intention that people can hear themselves.” Vicki Adame covers Minnesota's Latino communities for MPR News via Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues and communities.

Andrew Korybko, Moscow-based American journalist and analyst, joins us to discuss the crisis on Russia's border. Andrew argues that Russia does not need mediation with Kiev, as the Eurasian power is only interested in the implementation of the agreed-upon principles in the Minsk Accords. Also, we discuss President Biden's odd comment about "minor incursions" into Ukraine by the Russian military.Greg Palast, investigative reporter, joins us to discuss domestic politics. President Biden's voting rights legislation is dead, and many Democrats are blaming Senators Manchin and Sinema. Also, President Biden is downsizing his legislative agenda as it appears that he may get no political wins before the midterm elections.Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, joins us to discuss the Blinken-Lavrov meeting. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are meeting on Friday, indicating that, at least for the present moment, diplomacy between the two world powers continues.Robert Fantina, journalist and Palestine activist, joins us to discuss the Middle East. President Biden is courting with designating the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen as a terrorist group. Also, there are videos showing the US killing of 10 civilians in a drone strike.Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, joins us to discuss the Sheikh Jarrah demolitions. Israel is receiving international condemnation for the demolition of civilian homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and global history at New Mexico State University, joins us to discuss Asia. President Biden's rhetoric regarding North Korea does not seem to match the reality of the facts on the ground. Also, the US and Japan are jacking up the China threat and ignoring the other areas of mutual concern.Oscar Chacon, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, and Maru Mora-Villapando, community organizer, political analyst, and consultant, join us to discuss immigration. President Biden is facing hurdles in yet another arena as immigration activists, furious over his failure to improve on President Trump's border policies, are abandoning him in droves.Nicholas Davies, peace activist and author of "Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion of Iraq," joins us to discuss President Biden's foreign policy. Nicholas reviews President Biden's foreign policy, and comes to the conclusion that he is continuing the failures of Donald Trump and adding many more dangerous elements.

Private Companies Pledge $1.2 Billion in Investments to Central American Northern Triangle Vice President Kamala Harris announced a total of $1.2 billion worth of infrastructure and economic development investments in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras from high-earning corporations like Microsoft, Mastercard and PepsiCo. Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of Alianza Americas says while this public, private partnership is a step in the right direction, more is needed like leveraging the far greater $22 billion in remittances from Central Americans working in the United States.  Food Insecurity in the Military We speak with Shannon Razsadin, President and Executive Director of the Military Family Advisory Network about food insecurity in the military. Happy the Elephant Could Change the Face of Animal Rights Happy finds herself at the center of a legal case that could shift our notion of legal personhood as we know it. An organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a writ of habeas corpus, or claim of unlawful detention, on behalf of Happy, all in an effort to get her rehomed to a sanctuary. Right now, you can only use a habeas corpus petition on behalf of a person. Happy's case will go before New York State's highest court, the Court of Appeals, sometime in 2022. For more on this, The Takeaway spoke to Jill Lepore, the David Woods Kemper Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. She recently wrote about Happy the elephant for The Atlantic.  For transcripts, see individual segments page. 

Private Companies Pledge $1.2 Billion in Investments to Central American Northern Triangle Vice President Kamala Harris announced a total of $1.2 billion worth of infrastructure and economic development investments in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras from high-earning corporations like Microsoft, Mastercard and PepsiCo. Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of Alianza Americas says while this public, private partnership is a step in the right direction, more is needed like leveraging the far greater $22 billion in remittances from Central Americans working in the United States.  Food Insecurity in the Military We speak with Shannon Razsadin, President and Executive Director of the Military Family Advisory Network about food insecurity in the military. Happy the Elephant Could Change the Face of Animal Rights Happy finds herself at the center of a legal case that could shift our notion of legal personhood as we know it. An organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project filed a writ of habeas corpus, or claim of unlawful detention, on behalf of Happy, all in an effort to get her rehomed to a sanctuary. Right now, you can only use a habeas corpus petition on behalf of a person. Happy's case will go before New York State's highest court, the Court of Appeals, sometime in 2022. For more on this, The Takeaway spoke to Jill Lepore, the David Woods Kemper Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. She recently wrote about Happy the elephant for The Atlantic.  For transcripts, see individual segments page. 

K. J. Noh, peace activist, writer, and teacher, joins us to discuss China. President Joe Biden has reportedly advised the Japanese Prime Minister that the US is willing to go to war with China over the Senkakus Islands. Also, Taiwan's leader has been arguing that her nation is at the forefront of democracy worldwide and must therefore be protected from China.RT European correspondent Peter Oliver joins us to discuss gas prices in Europe. Gas prices in Europe have skyrocketed to the highest numbers in a decade, as political wrangling over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline dampens hope for immediate relief. The pipeline project is complete and the system is ready to transport badly needed fuel to European households.Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor in economics and politics at St. Mary's College in California, joins us to discuss the economy. Democrats are working on the major spending bills, as indications from Capitol Hill spell major concessions from the left flank of the party. Also, President Biden is discussing the filibuster, and the discussion of minting a trillion-dollar coin has gained enough credibility for a mainstream discussion.Oscar Chacon, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, joins us to discuss immigration. Immigrants and like-minded activists are gathering outside of the Brooklyn home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pressure him for action on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. In the absence of comprehensive legislation, activists want a path to citizenship added to the current spending bill.Ajamu Baraka, 2016 US vice-presidential candidate for the Green Party, joins us to discuss Africom. The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) has begun an "International Month of Action Against Africom." In their press release, the BAP explains that "The Black Alliance for Peace's International Month of Action Against AFRICOM aims to raise the public's awareness about the U.S. military's existence in Africa, and how the presence of U.S. forces exacerbates violence and instability throughout the continent."Jim Kavanagh, writer at thepolemicist.net & CounterPunch and the author of "Danger to Society: Against Vaccine Passports," joins us to discuss the John Durham investigation. The probe into the origins of the Russia-gate operation has revealed a tangled web of lies directly implicating the 2016 Clinton campaign. Is this investigation an honest inquiry or further insider dealings to cover the FBI's complicity in the project?Ted Rall, political cartoonist and syndicated columnist, joins us to discuss press freedom. Patrick Lawrence has a new article in consortiumnews.com in which he argues "in the failed corporate coverage of Steven Donziger and Julian Assange there is an imposition of darkness, ignorance inflicted on Americans with intent." Lawrence describes the way the news and information are controlled and corrupted in the US empire.Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, joins us to discuss Iran. The US State Department has spoken with China in an attempt to reduce their purchases of oil from Iran. US attempts at crushing the Iranian economy have been thwarted consistently by Russia and China. The acceptance of the Islamic Republic into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization appears to signal little or no future cooperation with US sanctions.

Listeners this week we have a conversation with Guillermo Chacón.Guillermo is the President of the Latino Commission on AIDS and founder of the Hispanic Health Network.Since 2010, Guillermo Chacón has served as President of the Latino Commission on AIDS, where he is a vocal advocate on the impact of HIV, viral hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections in Hispanic/Latinx communities. Under his leadership, the Commission has invested in national community mobilization programs to promote HIV testing and linkage to care and capacity building programing nationwide and special investment in our regional work in the South of the United States.Guillermo's work focuses on developing agendas on health policy issues affecting the health of Hispanics. Chacón was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve in the NYC Commissioner of Human Right in November 2019, to the HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) community advisory board and the Committee on New York City Healthcare Services. Governor Cuomo appointed Chacón to the New York State AIDS Advisory Council and re-nominated him for the New York State Minority Health Council, where the New York State Senate later confirmed him in July 2020. Guillermo Chacon also serves on various Boards and Committees, NYS COVID 19 Vaccination Equity Taskforce, NYC COVID19 Vaccine, Test & Tracing (T2) program as part of Community Advisory Committee (CAB T2), the National Hispanic/Latinx Health Leadership Network, New York Immigration Coalition, the New York City AIDS Memorial, advisor for Alianza Americas, AIDSVu.org, and co-chairs the Latino Jewish Coalition in New York.During our conversation we talked about:Him growing up in El Salvador and we briefly touch on the civil war. If this is triggering for you, please fast forward the conversation.Intergenerational traumaMental health and the stigma in our communityHis process to reaching and helping people with HIVAnd moreThis  episode is brought to you by Apotheosis Art|Apotheosis Art was born out of a desire to cultivate an artistic community focused on passion, curiosity, and eagerness. The gallery's founding concepts are rooted in encouraging and fostering young, talented artists, exploring new avenues to increase dialogue, and providing a platform to discover, engage, and educate people in art.Get  FREE SHIPPING using the code: CCP111 RELEVANT TIMESTAMPS:07:23 - Living through the war10:14 - His faith-based background11:18 - The transition to peace12:32 - The mental health stigma13:50 - The do's & don'ts for genders14:37 - How he starting working in NY when he came back19:10 - HIV Virus20:16 - Faith-based communities in El Salvador28:31 - Immigration system32:33 - Sexual education in the world42:08 - Power of listening43:50 - The task ahead of us47:02 - Life is a one way ticket47:55 - The power of love50:34 - Wisdom & experience Follow Guillermo on all things social:Guillermo's InstagramHispanic Health NetworkLatino Comission on AIDSHere As I Am report Follow Cafe con Pam on all things socialInstagramFacebookhttp://cafeconpam.com/Join the FREE Cafe con Pam ChallengeJoin FREE online Recovering Procrastinator Manis Community! stayshining.clubJoin PowerSisters!  Findmypowersister.comSubscribe, rate, review, and share this episode with someone you love!And don't ever forget to Stay Shining!

Jim Kavanagh, writer at thepolemicist.com and Counter Punch, joins us to talk about Julian Assange. As we approach the 50th birthday of Julian Assange, Jeremy Corbyn and a number of other British MPs gather outside of Belmarsh prison to demand his release. Also, the news that an unreliable con-artist was used as the principal witness shows that the case against Assange was manufactured for political purposes. Kathy Kelly, an American peace activist, joins us to discuss Yemen. Relatives of people killed by drone strikes in Yemen have written to the UK defence secretary advising him that they have suffered tremendous losses including women and children. Also, the UK has sold over $50 billion in weapons to nations that it has slammed for human rights violations. Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss Russia. Vladimir Putin held his annual question and answer session in which he elaborated on a number of issues, including the US control of Ukraine, the UK Black Sea incident, and vaccinations. Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to push for a summit between the EU and Russia.Carlos Castenada, immigration lawyer, and Oscar Chacon, co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, join us to discuss immigration. Immigration activists have slammed the latest Supreme Court ruling that immigrants can be held indefinitely without charges. Also, South Dakota is using funds from a GOP mega donor to send national guard troops to the Mexican border. Dan Kovalik, writer and human rights activist, joins us to discuss Venezuela. China has said that they will not stop supporting the Venezuelan people regardless of the United States' position on the issue. Also, the World People's Congress in Venezuela issued their final declaration. Niko House, political activist and independent journalist, joins us to discuss Nina Turner. The establishment Democrats have created a political action committee called "team blue" in an effort to derail progressive challengers to mainstream incumbents. Also, powerful South Carolina Democrat James Clyburn has joined Hillary Clinton in endorsing Nina Turner's opponent. KJ, Noh, writer and peace activist, joins us to talk about China. The fears that China will overcome the United States as the most powerful economy is eerily similar to comments made about Japan in the 1990s. Also, President Biden does not seem to have a coherent policy on North Korea. James Carey, editor/co-owner at Geopoliticsalert.com, joins us to talk about Iran. US airstrikes on Shiite militias in Syria are blatantly unconstitutional, but Bruce Fein argues that "it will take much more than repealing AUMFs to stop the president from making unilateral decisions to wage war" in his article for Responsible Statecraft.

Maria and Julio unpack Vice President Kamala Harris' visits to Guatemala and Mexico, and give the historical context behind her speech on immigration. We hear from Oscar Chacón, executive director of Alianza Americas, about the U.S.' involvement in Central America. They also talk about two incidents at high school graduation ceremonies where students were reprimanded for expressing their Mexican heritage.ITT Staff Picks:This article from El Faro English explains how Vice President Kamala Harris' message to migrants “triggered a backlash among human rights defenders and Central America experts.”Sandra Cuffe writes that Vice President Kamala Harris' pledge “to tackle corruption as a root cause of U.S.-bound migration” offered little optimism, via The Intercept.Latino Rebels reports a missing angle regarding Ever López's graduation story: how “the ugly side of seeing Latinos going after Latinos was front and center.”Photo credit: AP Photo/Oliver de Ros See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Gomez, research fellow with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, talks to us about a recent victory for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli military occupation of Palestine in a court case in Georgia, where journalist Abby Martin was scheduled to speak in 2019 and as one of the conditions of the speaking arrangement, she was required to sign a pledge that she was not involved in BDS, how the court ruled that this was a violation of the First Amendment, and what this means for free speech advocates and the BDS movement going forward. Helena Olea, associate director of programs with Alianza Americas, talks to us about the political situation in Mexico ahead of upcoming midterm elections, how Andres Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) political plans have fared during his tenure, how he has redirected focus towards anti-corruption and poverty reduction, and what Mexico’s relationship with the United States could be under the Biden administration. We also talk about recent articles in the US media that seem to suggest that AMLO has been displaying an authoritarian bent, with very little coverage of the election itself. Jamal Muhammad, host of the Luv Lounge radio show and the Old School Lunch Bag Mix on Square 1 radio, joins us to talk about a recent op-ed in the New York Times about how the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a collective trauma in U.S. society, and how it eventually goes off the rails by making analyses that do not necessarily apply to working people in the U.S. and missing the mark with its prescriptions. We also talk about recent protests in Washington, DC, over the need of basic resources for working communities and the proliferation of liquor vendors there. Nav Bhatia, superfan for the Toronto Raptors basketball team and founder of the Superfan Foundation, uniting people through the love of the sport, talks to us about his experience of being the only fan to ever be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, and how his foundation has found a way to use sports to build bridges across communities.

This is the full 5-2-2021 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. This episode features a wide-ranging interview with Jorge Mujica of Arise Chicago Workers Center. We discuss the end of the dreaded “No Match letters”, the Illinois Senate’s considering of the Secure Jobs Act (SB2332), Biden’s first 100 days and May Day 2021. Later in the program we hear from Alianza Americas about the root causes of migration from Central America. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether, under 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(f)(4), a grant of temporary protected status authorizes eligible noncitizens to obtain lawful-permanent-resident status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255.DateProceedings and Orders Sep 08 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)Sep 08 2020 | Corrected appendix to the petition (submitted February 18, 2021).Sep 11 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2020 to November 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.Sep 14 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 12, 2020.Oct 26 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2020 to December 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.Oct 28 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 9, 2020.Dec 09 2020 | Brief for the Respondents filed.Dec 11 2020 | Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed by petitioner.Dec 16 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.Jan 08 2021 | Petition GRANTED.Feb 05 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Jose Santos Sanchez, et al.Feb 05 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Jose Santos Sanchez, et al.Feb 22 2021 | Brief of petitioners Jose Santos Sanchez, et al. filed.Mar 01 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Oxfam America filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Watch and Alianza Americas filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Alan Morrison and Brian Wolfman filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Immigration Litigation Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Harvard TPS Coalition filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of 22 Cities and Counties filed.Mar 01 2021 | Amicus brief of Service Employees International Union, et al. not accepted for filing. (March 03, 2021 - certificate of compliance to be corrected).Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Service Employees International Union and Other Labor Unions filed. (March 23, 2021)Mar 10 2021 | Corrected certificate of service for amicus curiae Harvard TPS Coalition filed.Mar 12 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 19, 2021.Mar 15 2021 | Record requested.Mar 15 2021 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. 3rd Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, with the exception of confidential documents that been electronically filed.Mar 24 2021 | Brief of respondents Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed.Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATEDMar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)Apr 09 2021 | Reply of petitioner Jose Santos Sanchez, et ux. filed. (Distributed)Apr 19 2021 | Argued. For petitioners: Amy M. Saharia, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Michael R. Huston, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Isidro Quintanilla y Juan Andrés Misle le dan la bienvenida a Dora Beltran, consejera de vivienda de CARECEN para hablar sobre los retos de proporcionar información financiera como parte de la labor del departamento de vivienda. En la segunda parte del programa, Isidro entrevista a Oscar Chacón, director ejecutivo de Alianza Americas para un análisis de las recientes elecciones legislativas en El Salvador.

Oscar Chacón, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, and Mark Shmueli, attorney specializing in immigration law, join us to discuss the big headlines around Biden’s immigration executive orders. Adding his signature to three immigration orders on Tuesday, Biden has now signed 28 executive orders since taking office, far surpassing the 12 orders Trump signed in his first month in office. The record for the most signed executive orders in their first month in office is still held by former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed 30.Chris Smalls, a former Amazon employee and now founder of The Congress of Essential Workers organization, and Dr. Linwood Tauheed, an associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, join us to discuss Amazon’s big day in the headlines, from stealing tips, trying to quash organizing, and enacting a shuffle on top.Steve Grumbine, founder and CEO of Real Progressives and Real Progress in Action and host of the podcast “Macro n Cheese,” joins us to discuss the Washington Post editorial page pressing Democrats to lower the eligibility ceiling for these “survival checks,” saying a majority of households earning more than $50,000 a year haven’t experienced loss of income. We'll also cover Democrats trying to repeal the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions, otherwise known as SALT limits.Nookie Bishop Jr., host of the “Digital Gumbo Podcast," joins us to discuss our weekly sports segment “Foul Play,” where we bring you the best and mostly the worst from the world of sports. The Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the Super Bowl; Rockford, Illinois native Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors dropped 54 points last night against the Orlando Magic, and set a single-game scoring record for the Raptors; and health concerns are central here as the pandemic continues to effect the world of sports.

Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor in the Economics and Politics Departments at St. Mary's College of California, joins us to discuss the bipartisan COVID-19 relief package approved by the US Congress on Monday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) described it as "a strong, strong shot in the arm to get things going." Meanwhile, independent pundits and social media critics are less than impressed by the package, with one Twitter user describing it as a "slap in the face" to ordinary Americans.Medea Benjamin, co-founder of anti-war organization Code Pink, returns to The Critical Hour to discuss the Biden administration's makeup. A group of human rights activists has issued an open letter imploring US President-elect Joe Biden not to nominate Michael Morell for the post of CIA director and saying the Senate should not confirm Avril Haines as director of national intelligence. Signatories include such notable figures as CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou and retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, a US Army whistleblower.Oscar Chacon, co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas; and Carlos Castaneda, immigration lawyer, come together to discuss the fate of the "dreamers" who would be protected under the proposed Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. A US judge in Texas will hear arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit that could end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as minors.Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss the possibility of the Biden administration returning the US to the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. European Union leaders are backing the proposal that Biden return to the deal in its original form and forego any further deliberation, a position Iran supports. Germany, France and the UK, along with fellow accord signatories Russia and China, are supportive of the US returning to the agreement.David Schultz, professor at the Department of Political Science at Hamline University and author of "Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter," joins us to discuss reports that the Trump administration is considering granting legal immunity to Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against a former Saudi intelligence officer, which could also protect the prince from legal actions related to the murder of former Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. Additionally, he discusses US Attorney General Bill Barr's position that no special counsel will be needed to review allegations of election fraud or the Hunter Biden case.Dan Lazare, investigative journalist and author of "The Velvet Coup," joins us to talk about a recent report from The Intercept saying that CIA-trained death squads in Afghanistan have executed children as young as eight years old. The article says, "Residents from four districts in Wardak — Nerkh, Chak, Sayedabad and Daymirdad — spoke of a string of massacres, executions, mutilations, forced disappearances, attacks on medical facilities and airstrikes targeting structures known to house civilians." Dan Kovalik, lawyer, professor and author, joins us to discuss US regime-change activities in Nicaragua. The Trump administration has instituted new sanctions against officials in the Nicaraguan government, making the usual claims of anti-democratic actions. In August, The Grayzone reported on a document that allegedly detailed a plot by the US government to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Daniel Ortega.Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations and security analyst, returns to discuss new US sanctions against Russian and Chinese firms allegedly tied to military activities. Also, the EU previously levied sanctions against several Russians over their alleged ties to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. The Russian government is retaliating by expanding the list of EU officials who are prohibited from entering Russia.

"Writing in CNN, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden outlined his administration's plan for Iran," Antiwar.com reported Monday. "In a piece titled, 'There's a smarter way to be tough on Iran,' Biden said he would work with Iran to restore the 2015 nuclear deal." What else was in the plan?So, Politico reported Sunday that Iran was weighing a plot to kill the US ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for the January assassination of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq. "After a dubiously sourced report from Politico claimed Iran is considering assassinating the US ambassador to South Africa, an intelligence source told the South African newspaper Daily Maverick that the plot was 'not likely to be real,'' Antiwar.com reported Monday. What are we to make of this uncorroborated story? The Venezuelan government "claimed Monday that it had dismantled a covert operation to blow up power plants and oil facilities to destabilize the socialist state, saying it had detained eight plotters including an American traveling with heavy arms, explosives, surveillance footage and cash," the Washington Post reported Monday. What are we to make of this?"The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible to appear on the state ballot," the Washington Post reported Monday. "The decision comes after the Wisconsin Elections Commission declined on August 20 to put presidential contender Howie Hawkins and his Green Party running mate, Angela Walker, on the November 3 ballot because their signature petitions featured two different addresses for Walker.""The Trump administration is betting it can get millions of coronavirus shots to the Americans who need them most using a new, unproven data system that threatens to bypass state trackers that have long been mainstays in public immunization programs," Politico reported Sunday. How significant of an issue is this? "As he looked toward convening this year's General Assembly, Secretary General António Guterres emphasized the long view" of the United Nations, the New York Times reported Tuesday. "The values embedded in the UN Charter, he said, have prevented 'the scourge of a Third World War many had feared.' ... While it is the leading provider of humanitarian aid, and UN peacekeepers operate in more than a dozen unstable areas, the United Nations has been unable to bring an end to the protracted wars in Syria, Yemen or Libya. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is nearly as old as the United Nations itself.""A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the Trump administration's effort to end humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, paving the way for possible mass deportations of people who have lived in the country for years," Common Dreams reported Monday."When President Donald Trump hosts the signing of a diplomatic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the White House ceremony will also serve as tacit recognition of Trump's embrace of arms sales as a cornerstone of his foreign policy," the New York Times reported Tuesday. What are we to make of this?Guests:James Carey - Editor and co-owner of Geopolitics AlertScott Ritter - Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq Ricardo Vaz - Political analyst and editor at Venezuelanalysis.comAjamu Baraka - Former US vice-presidential candidate for the Green PartyDr. Yolandra Hancock - Physician Elisabeth Myers - Lawyer, former editor-in-chief of Inside Arabia and democracy lead for Democrats AbroadCarlos Castaneda - Immigration lawyerOscar Chacón - Co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, a Chicago-based national network of Latin American immigrant‐led and immigrant serving organizations in the USRobert Fantina - Journalist and Palestine activist

In this episode, I interview Helena Olea, a international human rights lawyer and currently an Associate Director for Programs at Alianza Americas, a Hispanic advocacy group in Chicago (Illinois), about the current landscape for the Latino vote in 2020. Around 32 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, and it´s a fact that´s not lost on Biden´s and Trump´s campaigns, as they´re both courting Hispanics aggressively through radio and TV ads and surrogates.Helena argues that Hispanics have now had almost four years of Trump´s policies and they´re motivated to head to the polls, driven by his immigration crackdown, the pandemic, and high unemployment, among many bread and butter issues. Hispanics are revved up but many still lack information about voter registration and, in the midst of the pandemic, how to vote by email, so that´s one area many groups like Alianza Americas are now aggressively targeting.

Dr. Clarence Lusane, African-American author, activist, lecturer and former chair of the Political Science Department at Howard University, sheds light on the tensions between France and Turkey, which could leave the NATO alliance in limbo.Helena Olea, human rights adviser for Alianza Americas, discusses Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador's visit to the White House on Wednesday to celebrate the entry into force of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Is there anything really new in this trade deal, and how will the impact be felt in the three North American nations? The deal is supposed to replace the 1990s-era North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but is it more of the same?Ray Baker, political analyst and host of the podcast Public Agenda, tears down the hidden agenda and white privilege in the Trump administration's Tuesday announcement telling states to reopen schools in the fall and threatening to cut federal funding for those that didn't follow suit. Also, Democrats need to gain four seats to take the majority in the Senate in November. Will they be able to do it, and is anyone a sure bet?

According to a Tuesday article in The Hill about COVID-19 testing in the US, "The United States is conducting about 500,000 tests per day, a significant improvement from earlier in the outbreak. But the Harvard estimate states that given how large the current outbreak is, the country needs about 1 million tests per day to mitigate the spread of the virus, and about 4 million tests per day to go even further and suppress the virus." What are we to make of this as discussions about community spread, reclosing bars and other businesses and how to reopen schools dominate the news?"The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that could have left the state with a single abortion clinic, dashing the hopes of conservatives who were counting on President Trump's appointments to lead the court to sustain restrictions on abortion rights and, eventually, to overrule Roe v. Wade," the New York Times reported Monday. How big of a setback is this, and should conservatives really feel betrayed by Chief Justice John Roberts' decision?A very interesting article was published Tuesday in CounterPunch, entitled "Bill Clinton's Serbian War Atrocities Exposed in New Indictment." It states, "President Bill Clinton's favorite freedom fighter just got indicted for mass murder, torture, kidnapping, and other crimes against humanity. In 1999, the Clinton administration launched a 78-day bombing campaign that killed up to 1,500 civilians in Serbia and Kosovo in what the American media proudly portrayed as a crusade against ethnic bias. That war, like most of the pretenses of US foreign policy, was always a sham." What does this say about US foreign policy then and now and the media's involvement in the narrative? "The stimulus program that has both infuriated and sustained small-business owners since its launch in April was set to close Tuesday with more than $130 billion left unused, prompting lawmakers to consider how to repurpose the money for the still-ailing economy," the Washington Post reported Tuesday. What are we to make of this?GUESTS:Abel Nunez — Executive director of the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN).Helena Olea — Human rights adviser for Alianza Americas.Kim Keenan — Executive vice president of Odyssey Media, co-chair of the Internet Innovation Alliance and senior adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School. Hannah Dickinson — Associate professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and an organizer with the Geneva Women's Assembly.Dr. Gerald Horne — Holder of the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is one of the most prolific writers of our time. His latest book is "The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century." Dr. Jack Rasmus — Teaches economics and politics at St. Mary's College in California and is the author of the book "The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump."

Oscar A. Chacón is a co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, a Chicago-based national network of Latin American immigrant‐led and immigrant serving organizations in the US. Oscar is an immigrant from El Salvador. He has been an organizer and a leader on community justice issues at the local, national and international levels for over 30 years. He has occupied leadership positions in multiple organizations including Oxfam America, Centro Presente, the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights. Oscar is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue, the American Bar Association’s Immigration Commission and the Latino-Jewish Leadership Council, among other professional associations. Oscar is a frequent spokesperson, domestically and internationally, on economic, social, political and cultural issues affecting Latin American immigrant communities, including the nexus between human mobility, economic inequality, white supremacy and racial justice. Alianza Americas mission is to improve the quality of life of Latin American immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PARCMEDIAFollow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vince_EmanueleFollow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1713FranklinSt/Follow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parcmedia/?...#PARCMedia is a news and media project founded by two USMC veterans, Sergio Kochergin & Vince Emanuele. They give a working-class take on issues surrounding politics, ecology, community organizing, war, culture, and philosophy.

This is the full 4-5-2020 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On this episode of Labor Express Radio, we continue to look at how the labor and other social movements are responding to the coronavirus crisis. First we will hear a report from the frontlines from nurse Dennis Kosuth, member of both NNU and CTU. In the second half of the program, Shannon Lederer, Director of Immigration Policy for the AFL-CIO and Riahl O'Malley, National Education Director for United for a Fair Economy discuss the crisis during a webinar hosted by Alianza Americas. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

This is the full 1-5-2019 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. Oscar Chacón, Executive Director of Alianza Americas, discusses the current state of struggles for a just society across Latin America. It is a wide-ranging conversation about the current situation in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and the rest of the hemisphere and the history of how we have come to this point. Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio

"Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday, Dec. 11, that a senior prosecutor failed to convince him that the FBI's 2016 investigation of President Trump's campaign was improperly opened, revealing new details about internal tension among senior officials over the politically explosive case," the Washington Post reported. "When the report was released, [US Attorney John] Durham issued an unusual public statement saying he did not agree with Horowitz's conclusion about the opening of the investigation. Horowitz told lawmakers that the disagreement stemmed from a difference of opinion about whether the FBI should have opened a preliminary investigation, which puts some limitations on the investigative steps that can be taken, or a full investigation." Should Americans be concerned?"A federal judge on Tuesday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump's attempt to transfer $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on the US-Mexico border," Reuters reported. How significant of an injunction is this? The report continues: "Judge David Briones, of US District Court in El Paso, Texas, issued the injunction in a 21-page ruling. ... He ruled in October that the proclamation was unlawful and then asked the plaintiffs to file a proposed preliminary injunction. He said in that ruling that the transfer of the military funds was unlawful because it went against the intent outlined by Congress in the spending bill it passed in January 2019."US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is marking Tuesday's Human Rights Day by designating 68 people and entities for sanctions. The government will freeze their assets and prevent them from entering this nation. He said the US is taking decisive action against oppressors on behalf of those they oppress. The people and entities sanctioned come from Burma, Cambodia, Congo, Latvia, Libya, Pakistan, Serbia, Slovakia and South Sudan. GUESTS:David Schultz — Professor of political science at Hamline University. Daniel Lazare — Journalist and author of three books: "The Frozen Republic," "The Velvet Coup" and "America's Undeclared War."Oscar Chacon — Co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Dr. Ajamu Baraka — Journalist, American political activist and former Green Party nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2016 election.

La separación de familias inmigrantes se intensificó con la política de Trump de "Tolerancia Cero". Carmen Aristegui analiza el tema con el abogado Daniel Galindo y Oscar Chacón, director ejecutivo de Alianza Americas.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Oscar Chacon, co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Last week, US President Donald Trump directed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct a mass roundup of migrant families that had received deportation orders. It was expected to begin with predawn raids this past Sunday targeting up to 2,000 families in as many as 10 US cities, including Houston, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. It is now being reported that immigration officials carried out small-scale raids over the weekend. For example, ICE agents attempted raids in at least two neighborhoods in New York City on Saturday. What happened or did not happen, and why?On Sunday, Trump tweeted, “So interesting to see 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run … Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came … Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can't leave fast enough. I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!” The congresswomen to whom he was referring are Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Talib (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), all of whom were born in the United States, and Ilhan Omar (D-MI), whose family fled Somalia when she was a child and who is a US citizen. What's the basis of his rant?The United States has an agreement that requires it to issue visas expeditiously to all foreign diplomats traveling to New York for UN events. Sanctioning Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister and top diplomat, would further complicate any attempts to restart negotiations with Iran on the nuclear deal that Trump abandoned a year ago, after which he started a maximum pressure campaign of sanctions that have brought Iran's economy to the brink of collapse. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo clarified Sunday that Zarif would be granted a visa to enter the US, but that his movements in Manhattan would be restricted. Pompeo said he would accept any offer to go on Iranian television, as Zarif has appeared on US television. He also said he would tell Iranians that “we care deeply about them, that we're supportive of the Iranian people, that we understand that the revolutionary theocracy is not acting in a way that is in their best interest.” Pompeo declined to comment when asked whether he or anyone else in the US government would try to speak with Zarif at the United Nations this week or at the UN General Assembly in September.Russia and India have devised a new mechanism which will allow payments for multi-billion dollar defense deals to be made using their own national currencies, Bloomberg has reported. The two countries have already signed several arms contracts worth the equivalent of billions of dollars using rubles and rupees, and have sought other ways to increase trade in national currencies amid concerns in Delhi that Washington could slap sanctions on India for buying Russian-made defense equipment. Settlements in rubles and rupees are designed specifically to allow Moscow and Delhi to skirt the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a 2017 US law designed to slap severe restrictions on Russia's ability to sell arms abroad.Federal prosecutors in New York asked a judge to hold wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein behind bars Monday as he awaits trial on allegations of sex trafficking. US District Judge Richard Berman said he will issue a decision Thursday on whether to grant bail for Epstein. How likely is bail to be granted?GUESTS:Oscar Chacon — Co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Teresa M. Lundy — Government affairs and public relations specialist and principal of TML Communications, LLC. David Rosen — Author of "Sex, Sin & Subversion: The Transformation of 1950's New York's Forbidden into America's New Normal." He can be found at www.DavidRosenWrites.com. Daniel Lazare — Journalist and author of three books: "The Frozen Republic," "The Velvet Coup" and "America's Undeclared War." Mark Sleboda — International affairs and security analyst.

US President Donald Trump says he is imposing new, tougher sanctions on Iran. He stressed at the White House Monday that Iran can never be in possession of a nuclear weapon and says his administration will continue to increase pressure on Tehran. Trump said new sanctions were already in motion prior to last week's downing of a US drone by Iran. According to Trump, the sanctions are crippling Iran's economy. He also accused Iran of being the top sponsor of terrorism in the world. Officials in Tehran have described US sanctions against Iranian people as “economic war” and “economic terrorism,” and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that since the sanctions include ordinary people, they are examples of “crimes against humanity.” Turkey's opposition has dealt President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a stinging blow by winning control of Istanbul in a re-run mayoral election, breaking his aura of invincibility and delivering a message from voters unhappy over his ever-tightening grip on power. Ekrem Imamoglu of the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP) secured 54.21% of votes, the head of the country's High Election Board announced on Monday - a far wider victory margin than his narrow win three months ago. The previous result was annulled after protests from Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party, which said there had been widespread voting irregularities. The decision to re-run the vote was criticized by Western allies and caused uproar among domestic opponents who said Turkey's democracy was under threat. Democratic US presidential candidates are hoping they garnered black support after attending a notable fish fry in South Carolina on Friday. Twenty-one of 24 presidential hopefuls gathered at the event hosted by the highest ranking black lawmaker in Congress, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn. The fish fry is seen as a chance to build a voter base in the early primary state, which boasts a Democratic electorate that is primarily black, at 60%. Though South Carolina typically votes Republican, many Democratic candidates see it as a boon for winning the party nomination. Both Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have sought the attention of South Carolina voters, but former Vice President Joe Biden still dominates the field among black voters, with 52%. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg is facing tough questions about the police killing of a black man in his city last week. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate held a town hall Sunday for a crowd that at times booed and shouted over him. Mayor Pete acknowledged the lack of trust between the black community in South Bend and the police. He also pointed out reforms that he's already made as mayor but admitted that they might not have gone far enough. Trump says he's delaying his deportation raids for two weeks. He tweeted Sunday that he had delayed planned immigration raids in nearly a dozen cities because he wants to give Democrats "every last chance" to address immigration issues. ICE agents were expected to round up about 2,000 illegal immigrants around the country before Trump called off the raids. On Twitter, he warned that if progress is not made in Congress, "big deportation" begins in two weeks. GUESTS:Daniel Lazare — Journalist and author of three books: "The Frozen Republic," "The Velvet Coup" and "America's Undeclared War." Dr. Clarence Lusane — African-American author, activist, lecturer and chair of the political science department at Howard University.Oscar Chacon — Co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Shermichael Singelton — Writer, political consultant and former CNN political commentator.

On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Carlos Castaneda, attorney at Garcia & Garcia; and Oscar Chacon, co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. US President Donald Trump said in a tweet Monday night that US immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent reference to a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major US cities. What does this mean going forward?Facebook unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to create an alternative financial system that relies on a cryptocurrency, which the company has been secretly working on for more than a year. This new global digital currency is backed by assets and supported by more than two dozen companies ranging from Visa and Mastercard to Lyft and Spotify, bringing the heft of the world's largest social network to efforts to transform financial services. How concerned should we be in light of data privacy problems and other issues surrounding Facebook? Also, what are the implications of the social networking giant getting into finance?The political party of Juan Guaido, Voluntad Popular (Popular Will), is the sixth largest political party in Venezuela. Popular Will is heavily financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Now, a recently exposed embezzlement scandal in Colombia risks to further alienate the party from the Venezuelan people. What's going on with the US-backed face of the coup to overthrow the democratically elected president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro?GUESTS: Carlos Castaneda — Attorney at Garcia & Garcia. Oscar Chacon — Co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Sinclair Skinner — Co-founder of BitMari.com, a Pan-African bitcoin wallet.Linwood Tauheed — Associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dan Cohen — Correspondent at RT America, filmmaker and director of "Killing Gaza" and writer for The Gray Zone Project.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard is meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday, as Mexico and the US try to reach an agreement over immigration and tariffs. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his government negotiators are trying to delicately negotiate their way out of looming US tariffs. But many fear that talks with the Trump administration could break down, leading to a backlash here and long-term damage to the bilateral relationship. We have a bipartisan group of senators, led by Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Trump ally and once a staunch defender of Riyadh, trying to force nearly two dozen votes rebuking the Trump administration's decision to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress and sell billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. What does this say to you?The US announced major new restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba late Tuesday, blocking the most common way Americans are able to visit the island - through organized tour groups that license US citizens to travel automatically - and banning US cruise ships from stopping in the country. American tourism is not explicitly permitted in Cuba. However, Americans could travel to Cuba if their visits were covered under specific categories, which included organized group travel, known as group people-to-people travel, until Tuesday. Commercial flights from the US will continue to be permitted, as they "broadly support family travel and other lawful forms of travel," according to a spokesperson. Is President Donald Trump taking us through "Groundhog Day?"After ignoring shouts of "build the wall" from a Republican congressman and defeating amendments designed to kill the legislation, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed the "Dream and Promise Act" on Tuesday, with the goal of providing a pathway to citizenship for millions of young undocumented immigrants who are facing the threat of deportation under the Trump administration. The bill, H.R. 6, passed by a vote of 237 to 187, with just seven Republicans voting in its favor. How significant is this? Cosmetics retailer Sephora will temporarily close all stores for diversity training after singer SZA tweets about racial profiling. Sephora says it will close all of its stores for an hour on Wednesday so employees across the country can undergo diversity training. The move comes after singer SZA said she was profiled at a Sephora in Calabasas, California. Does diversity training really work, and is this the solution to this systemic problem?GUESTS: Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of "Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression." Mac Hamilton — Executive manager at STAND: The Student-led Movement to End Mass Atrocities. Joe Lombardo — Co-coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition. Oscar Chacon — Co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Maru Mora-Villalpando — Nationally known immigrant-rights activist, co-founder of the Latinx organization Mijente and community organizer with Northwest Detention Center Resistance. Torin Ellis — SiriusXM host of Career Mix, human capital strategist focused on the art of recruiting diverse talent using various creative methods and author of "Rip the Resume: Job Search & Interview Power Prep." Dr. Shantella Sherman — Historical researcher, technical writer, author of "In Search of Purity: Popular Eugenics & Racial Uplift Among New Negroes 1915-1935" and publisher of Acumen Magazine.

On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books: "The Frozen Republic," "The Velvet Coup" and "America's Undeclared War"; and Ricardo Vaz, a journalist whose work can be found at Venezuelanalysis.com.According to Emma Fiala in MintPress News, leaders throughout Latin America and the world have rejected Tuesday's coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. An uprising by some soldiers began Tuesday morning after a speech by opposition leader Juan Guaido, who claimed to have the country's armed forces behind him. With full support of the United States and its allies, Guaido illegally proclaimed himself “interim president” in January. What's going on in Venezuela? In a tweet, Bolivian President Evo Morales condemned the attempted coup on Tuesday, stating, “We strongly condemn the attempted coup d'état on #Venezuela the part of the right which is submissive to foreign interests. Sure that the courageous Bolivarian revolution at the head of the brother @NicolasMaduro, will be imposed on this new attack of the Empire.” Morales went on to say that the United States “seeks to provoke violence and death in #Venezuela, does not care about human losses.” Morales also called on Latin American governments to condemn the coup attempt and prevent the escalation of violence.There are a number of developments on the immigration front. US President Donald Trump is tightening asylum rules and will make immigrants pay fees to seek humanitarian refuge. The president has claimed that migrants are being sent to sanctuary cities. Further, the percentage of Democrats who see the border situation as a "crisis" has jumped 17 points since January, amid a spike in migrant families arriving there, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. What's going on here?GUESTS: Daniel Lazare - Journalist and author of three books: "The Frozen Republic," "The Velvet Coup" and "America's Undeclared War."Ricardo Vaz - Journalist whose work can be found at Venezuelanalysis.com. Helena Olea - Human rights adviser for Alianza Americas.

After an unceremonious meeting with US President Donald Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen was summarily dispatched to the land of the unemployed. She was fired, or as they like to say in Washington, DC, circles, asked to resign. Also, Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles will remain in his position as of now, but has been asked to leave. Trump has instructed acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to fire Alles, CNN reported, citing numerous administration officials. Commenting on the decision, one of the officials mentioned "a near-systematic purge" at the Department of Homeland Security. What does this signal for immigration policy?Israeli voters will elect a prime minister Tuesday, in what's expected to be the Jewish state's closest election in years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is running for a fifth term. He also could be running to stay out of prison. Netanyahu is facing serious corruption charges, and winning another term might shield him from prosecution. He's facing a tough competitor in former military chief of staff Benny Gantz. Analysts say Gantz can match Netanyahu on security while promising cleaner Israeli politics. Public opinion polls show Netanyahu and Gantz running very close. How close is this race? Can Gantz win this, or is the talk of a close race more hype than reality? What's been the impact of Netanyahu's pledge to extend Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank?There's a great piece in MintPress News, entitled "The Syrian American Council's Pressure Campaign to Censor One of Its Major Critics," by Alexander Rubinstein. It's about a book entitled "The Management of Savagery," by Max Blumenthal. The Syrian American Council and a collection of pro-war lobbyists have led an intimidation campaign aimed at bullying a major Washington-based bookstore, Politics and Prose, into canceling the book's launch event. The store had already made onerous demands of Blumenthal, including requiring him to have an “interlocutor” on stage, specifically, one who would appease the Syrian American Council. Blumenthal selected Andrew Cockburn, one of the premier journalists covering US and Middle East politics and a longtime correspondent for Harper's Magazine. But Blumenthal told MintPress that Cockburn was denied; Politics and Prose management insisted that Cockburn was “too sympathetic” to Blumenthal's views. What's going on here?GUESTS:Helena Olea — Human rights adviser for Alianza Americas.Nicole Roussell — Producer for Loud & Clear on Sputnik News.Max Blumenthal — Co-founder of the Grayzone Project.

As we watched the President's Oval Office presentation last night the Democrat response with Schumer and Pelosi, did either side present anything new, sway anyone to their side or advance the issue of substantive immigration policy? So, the president talked about all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration. It strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. Understanding that people do cross the border illegally, is it having the impact that the president claims? Among those hardest hit are African-Americans and Hispanic Americans. Our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. Every week, 300 citizens are killed by heroin alone, 90% of which floods across from our southern border. More Americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire Vietnam War. Mick Mulveney, the President and others state, "We still don't understand why the Democrats are so wholeheartedly against it. They voted for it in 2006. Then-Sen. Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it. So, we don't understand why Democrats are now playing politics just because Donald Trump is in office." Is that a fair comparison? 1.4 million ex-felons in Florida had their voting rights restored as a result of the November election and the passage of Amendment 4. Yesterday these individuals were actually able to register to vote. Let's quickly explain the history behind felon disenfranchisement. The 15th Amendment which granted AA's the right to vote was ratified in 1870. Felon disenfranchisement was in reaction to that. In 1901, delegates drafting a new constitution for Alabama knew their mission. “Within the limits imposed by the Federal Constitution,” convention president John B. Knox explained, the delegates aimed “to establish white supremacy in this state. If we should have white supremacy, we must establish it by law — not by force or fraud.” Unable to explicitly ban black voters without violating federal law, the resulting state constitution declared persons “convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude” could not vote without having their rights restored. The right to vote was restored to more than 1.4 million former felons across the state Tuesday thanks to Amendment 4's victory at the ballot box in November. Despite concerns about Gov. Ron DeSantis's comments last month that he wanted to wait to implement Amendment 4 until the Legislature convenes in March, advocates including the League of Women Voters and the ACLU of Florida declared that the measure was designed to be self-implementing and went into effect Tuesday no matter what the Legislature does. A former felon must have completed all parole and probation and paid all fines and restitution. Those convicted of murder or sex crimes are still barred from having their rights restored. Why this exclusion? Was it a compromise to allow Republicans some room to say they did not roll over entirely?It is alleged that Manafort shared political polling data with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing unsealed yesterday. The Times reports that the document provides the clearest evidence to date that the Trump campaign may have tried to coordinate with Russians during the 2016 presidential race. What's behind this and is there more to this than the Times is reporting? So, the Times reports that this all came to light as the result of a formatting error. Mr. Manafort's lawyers made the disclosure by accident, through a formatting error in a document filed to respond to charges that he had lied to prosecutors working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. What does that say to you? The article closes with, “The prosecutors could also decide to file new charges against Mr. Manafort for lying to them, but apparently they do not plan to do so, according to Tuesday's filing.” If I am to infer all of this intrigue and Russian/Ukrainian connection with Manifort, why would the prosecutors decide not to charge Manafort? GUESTS:Oscar Chacon -Co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, dedicated to improving the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas.Desmond Meade - President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), Chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, Chair of the Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation's Black Men's Roundtable, and a graduate of Florida International University College of Law.Daniel Lazare — Journalist and author of three books: The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup and America's Undeclared War.

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Análisis a la propuesta del gobierno de negar la residencia permanente a personas que hayan recibido asistencia pública. Entrevista con la abogada de inmigración Kathia Pereira, quien explica detalles de la propuesta.

Entrevista con el Director Ejecutivo de Alianza Americas, Oscar Chacón, como parte de una delegación que visitó Honduras y El Salvador para apoyar acciones en previsión por la cancelación del TPS.

Entrevista con la abogada Kathia Pereira sobre la cancelación del TPS, la separación de hijos menores de sus padres, ventajas de obtener la ciudadanía. Entrevistamos a Yanira Arias, de Alianza Americas sobre cancelación TPS a hondureños.

Josh talks with Cristina Garcia, Member Mobilization Manager at Alianza Americas about the links between trade and migration. They are talking about how NAFTA and other trade policies have forced people to become economic migrants, why they choose to cross borders what trade policy would look like that respected the mobility of labor. 

This edition of the biweekly AJC Live radio show focused on the new Latino Jewish Leadership Council, created by AJC's Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs in March of this year. Institute Director Dina Siegel-Vann joined the host AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman for a discussion of the Council and some of the important issues that it is tackling. Also on the show was Council member Oscar Chacon, the Executive Director of Alianza Americas. Among other topics, they discussed the possible repeal of DACA and TPS. This show aired live on WVOX 1460 AM from New Rochelle, New York on Monday, September 4, 2017 and was streamed live at www.wvox.com. All AJC Live radio shows are podcasted and can be found in the AJC Live archive at www.ajc.org/westfair/ajclive.