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Deported Parents Face Hurdles To Reunite With US-Citizen Children
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: Tania Velasquez, a Mexican national, hopes to regain custody of her 3-year-old daughter, who is a U.S. Citizen. , Credit: Jill Replogle
The Senate Immigration Reform bill includes provisions that could ease the way for deportees with children in the U.S. child welfare system. Curren...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
Dairy Farmers, Workers Help Each Other Survive
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: Dairy farmer John Rosenow stands in front of a semi truck. His 550 dairy cows fill one semi every day to sell across the street to the cheese factory., Credit: Laurel Morales
Wisconsin Dairy farmer John Rosenow hires workers from Mexico. How one dairy farmer sees his workers as his assets.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:33
One In Two New Rural Neighbors Is Latino
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: Dairy producers, their workers from Mexico and interpreter Shaun Duvall stand outside the Nelson Creamery in west central Wisconsin., Credit: Laurel Morales
Across the country in rural America one in two new neighbors is Latino, according to a recent study. And that's an adjustment for some communities.

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Regional de NY: Choro Music from Brazil
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
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Choro is a music of the people that can be found in Brazil’s bars and at barbecues. Band members of Regional de NY, a choro band from Brazil, the...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:05
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Anticipate Immigration Reform
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: Rosenow has two barns this size. Each houses about 300 cows. Two decades ago dairymen in Wisconsin discovered they had to grow in order to survive shrinking profit margins. , Credit: Laurel Morales
The Senate’s immigration reform proposal offers a fast track to citizenship for agricultural workers so that they can “continue to do the vital wor...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
Gang Of Eight's New Pathways To Citizenship
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: The hotly anticipated bill to overhaul our nation's immigration system is expected to be presented Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators. We show with an interactive map what that might look like., Credit: Jill Replogle and John Rosman
The hotly anticipated bill to overhaul our nation's immigration system is expected to be presented Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators. We sh...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:35
Labor Unions Have A Big Stake In Immigration Reform
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: A San Diego union says these housekeepers without legal immigration status were fired because workers at their hotel were trying to organize. Labor unions hope legalization for 11 million immigrants will make organizing workers easier by removing that fea, Credit: Adrian Florido
Unions hope legalization for 11 million immigrants without authorization will make organizing those immigrants easier.

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  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Guest Worker Programs Have A Long History In U.S.
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: A former Bracero holds up his identification card from his days as a guest worker in the United States. , Credit: Monica Ortiz Uribe
One of the oldest and certainly the largest guest worker program in United States history was that of the Braceros. Nearly 5 million Mexican labore...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
After SB 1070, Some Migrants In Arizona Self-Deport
From: Fronteras Desk
Caption: Alison Gamez says she will leave Arizona because of the state's immigration laws. Her husband came to the country illegally, but he has since received permission to work in the US. , Credit: Peter O'Dowd
A federal judge stopped the most controversial parts of Arizona's 2010 immigration law from going into effect. But supporters say that hasn't preve...

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  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
American Children In Mexico Face Educational Challenges
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: Support group meeting for foreign students and their parents at the Biblioteca Benito Juárez in Tijuana., Credit: Joel Medina
In the last two years, more than 205,000 parents of American citizen children were deported from the United States. That means a new influx of Amer...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
A Revolving Door For Deported Children
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: A drawing by the American child of deported parents in Tijuana., Credit: Beth Caldwell
The majority of the 400,000 people deported from the U.S. in 2012 were adults, many with criminal records, but minors are sometimes caught up in th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Children Left Behind: Deported Parents, American Kids
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation
Caption: An American boy walks down a street in Guanajuato, Mexico with his father, a deported Mexican national., Credit: Erin Siegal McIntyre
Hundreds, if not thousands, of deported parents are trying to reunite with children left behind in the United States.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Richmond inmate program bridging gap between prisoners and the outside
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With one of the highest crime rates in the country, Richmond, California, is a regular on the evening news. Zoom out to just California and that c...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Eliane Elias bring Brazil to jazz
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Elizne Elias
Vocalist and pianist Eliane Elias talks about growing up in Brazil and her career in jazz.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
Las Historias Escondidas de Sunland Park
From: Kent Paterson
Caption: Sunland Park, New Mexico, Credit: Samat Jain
In 2011 and 2012, the small New Mexico border community of Sunland Park made regional headlines and national news for its political scandals. Delvi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Food trucks threatened by crime in Oakland
From: KALW
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Oakland is known for its food trucks, which serve everything from tacos and tamales to West African cuisine. But few know that this latest culinar...

Bought by NPR Illinois and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 2
Why more Latinos across the Midwest translates to good news for the economy
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Laid off from Caterpillar, Javier Galvez is opening up a pizza shop in Aurora to cater to growing Latino families ., Credit: Niala Boodhoo
Recent census reports show Midwestern cities are shrinking and people are moving out. But one group is actually growing - the Hispanic population. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 2
Havana Road
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Havana Road
The American Dream travels a little ways down the Havana Road. When the economy tanked in 2009, Marta Quintana lost her job and her stock portfo...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:11
Child Obesity - Part Three - Spreading the Lifestyle
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Families in the low-income community of Holyoke, MA -- who successfully lost weight through a community clinic program -- are trying to share their...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 4
Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 4
Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 4
As Arizona debates immigration, a new ICE office in Colorado becomes the subject of dispute
From: Grace Hood
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is expected to meet with President Obama on Thursday to discuss border security and other immigration issues. The state...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
Jewish Mission to Cuba
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bethesda Jewish Congregation traveled to Cuba to help teach and reintroduce Judaism to Cuba's Jewish population.

Bought by Interfaith Voices


  • Added: May 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 1
Bringing the New Latinos in New Orleans Together
From: Julia Botero
Caption: Puentes Board Members and Executive Director Lucas Diaz
Non-profit Puentes New Orleans reaches out to New Orlean's Latino community.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
The Girl From Empanada
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: The Girl From Empanada working it on a Friday night, Credit: Photo by Myleen Hollero
Street food is hot! But why are entrepreneurs turning to this option? For the owner of Chile Lindo, an empanada storefront, the answer is simple: i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2