How do we treat undocumented immigrants?

What do laws affecting undocumented immigrants reveal about how they are treated in our society? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about what these laws tell us about how our systems are structured. In California, Governor Jerry Brown passed the Dream Act, which allows undocumented students to apply for financial aid. Alabama recently passed one of the country's harshest sets of anti-immigrant laws. What are implications of these policies? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do the struggles of undocumented immigrants affect all of us? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Julianne Hing, reporter for Colorlines Magazine

Jose Arreola, outreach manager for Educators for Fair Consideration

Victor Palafox, student activist with Alabama Dreamers for the Future

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What will it take to pass the Dream Act?

What will it take to pass the Dream Act? And what's in it? On the next Your Call we'll talk about the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act which goes before the Senate on Wednesday. If passed, it would provide a path to normalization for young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. But how effective will the Dream Act be without comprehensive immigration reform? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Would the Dream Act affect you or someone you know? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Julianne Hing, reporter and blogger for ColorLines

Jose Arreola, student outreach coordinator with Educators for Fair Consideration

Lisa Chen, community advocate with Asian Law Caucus

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Your Call 072909 What's the real impact of illegal immigration?

What's the real impact of illegal immigration? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the net economic and cultural effect of the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Does the cost of health care, prisons and remittances outweigh the money they make and spend? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. As the slowing economy means fewer immigrants coming to the U.S., will that only make the downturn worse? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Randy Capps in New York
Demographer and senior policy analyst with Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy.

Dan Kowalski in Austin, Texas
Immigration attorney and editor of Bender's Immigration Bulletin, a collection of legal and mainstream news for the immigration professional.

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Your Call 052108 Sanctuary Cities

Does a sanctuary city protect residents in a city or simply make its progressive residents feel good? On the next Your Call we'll look at Mayor Newsom's public awareness campaign educating Chinese, Russians and Latino immigrants about the public services the city will provide and the federal immigration laws they won't enforce. San Francisco has been a sanctuary city for more than 20 years and proponents say that public health and safety are all better in San Francisco for it. What are other sanctuary cities finding? This summer, San Francisco will issue local IDs to otherwise undocumented residents of the city, but municipal sanctuary doesn't protect anyone from federal raids. Are we finding the right balance? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Carolyn Tran in San Francisco
Program Coordinator for the San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network.

Robert Rubin in San Francisco
Legal Director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sheila Chung Hagen in San Francisco
The first Immigrant Rights Administrator for the city and county of San Francisco.

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