Today on the show a look at refugee resettlement in Utah in 2019. The numbers of refugees being resettled here has shrunk significantly as the Trump Administration has sought to restrict immigration. That’s happened as the world experiences what may be its worst-yet refugee crisis. We’ll hear about the work being done by refugee resettlement…
Today on the show we check in with Mark Alvarez, immigration expert for Telemundo Utah and local Spanish language radio host. After the Senate passed a massive reform bill last year, immigration reform stalled in the US House of Representatives. President Obama has pledged to use his executive authority to try to deal with immigration.…
(KCPW News) A lawsuit pitting Salt Lake County against a man it detained over immigration status has been settled. Enrique Uroza will receive $75,000 after being held by county and federal officials for 46 days after posting bail. Furthermore, the Salt Lake County Metro Jail has agreed to end a policy of holding suspected undocumented residents for a…
(KCPW News) Action on immigration reform has stalled in Washington since the senate passed legislation last year and the republican-controlled House then refused to take it up. But local republican politicians are urging Utah’s congressional delegation to work to prioritize the issue. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has the story.
(KCPW News) A letter on immigration reform, co-signed by leaders from six different Mountain West states, got a boost from prominent Utahns at a Tuesday press conference. The letter is addressed to each U.S. Representative from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, and it urges the region’s Congressional members to work toward passing…
(KCPW News) United States Representative Chris Stewart faced a bombardment of questions related to immigration reform on Thursday. The congressman from Utah’s second district held open hours at his Salt Lake City office. But due to some confusion over the format of the meeting, a large crowd of mostly Latino constituents gathered in Stewart’s lobby,…
Today on the program Mark Alvarez, immigration expert for Telemundo Utah, on the immigration reform debate that’s moving from the Senate to the House of Representatives. Plus, reporter Kim Shuske looks into the Utah Bar’s new Modest Means program to help people get cheaper access to legal services.
(KCPW News) What, exactly, is inside the NSA Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online roundup of Utah Politics.
(KCPW News) Members of an immigrants-rights group began an extended vigil Wednesday morning outside of Senator Orrin Hatch’s Salt Lake City office. Meanwhile, Mayor Ralph Becker hosted a roundtable discussion on immigration reform at the City Library. KCPW’s Roger McDonough covered both events and filed this report.
(KCPW News) The Senate voted on Tuesday to proceed in their deliberations on immigration reform. KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke with Mark Alvarez, a Salt Lake attorney, Spanish language radio host, and Immigration Specialist with Telemundo Utah to get an update on reform developments.
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