Immigration Expert Dispels Myths About Public Benefits

Share
From Creative Commons- One1World- CC BY-NC-ND 2.

Radioactivity with Rob Lorei

Listen Here:

Select 08/27/19 from the drop down menu

https://www.wmnf.org/events/radioactivity/

Intro:

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up– we’ll look at immigration, why people come here- sometimes risking their lives. And how they are treated once they get here.

BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration has eliminated a protection that lets immigrants remain in the country and avoid deportation while they or their relatives receive life-saving medical treatments or endure other hardships, immigration officials said in letters issued to families this month.

Critics denounced the decision as a cruel change that could force desperate migrants to accept lesser treatment in their poverty-stricken homelands.

The elimination of the special status for medical care is one of several aggressive steps the Trump administration has taken in recent weeks to crack down on immigrants.

The administration also wants to deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other public assistance, and to end a long-running agreement limiting how long migrant children can be kept in detention. President Donald Trump floated the idea of ending the right to citizenship for babies born to foreigners on American soil, and the administration wants to effectively ban asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Here to discuss immigration issues is Dr. Alayne Unterberger, PhD
Founder/Research Director
Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS) www.ficsinc.org

Here are some resources Alayne shared during the show:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/12/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/

You may also like

Brownfields, People Power and More Funk

Today is Human Rights Day. A brownfield is a property,...

cars on a highway left lane driving
Environmental group responds after state turns down $320 million in federal funding to reduce tailpipe pollution

Listen:   The Florida Department of Transportation turned down $320...

The Scoop: WMNF Daily News Digest
The Scoop: Fri., December 8, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF

Police officer arrested A St. Petersburg Police Officer, Christian Collins,...

flamingo
Will the Legislature designate the American flamingo as the Florida state bird?

A bill would designate the American flamingo as the Florida...

Ways to listen

WMNF is listener-supported. That means we don't advertise like a commercial station, and we're not part of a university.

Ways to support

WMNF volunteers have fun providing a variety of needed services to keep your community radio station alive and kickin'.

Follow us on Instagram