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IMMIGRATION IN FOCUS
KQED Launches Immigration in Focus
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New Year Baby (25th SF International Asian American Film Festival)
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Immigrant Voices: American Stories
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Immigration Calculations
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Live Forum Broadcast from SF City Hall on Citizenship
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KQED Public Radio Airs Youth 'Perspectives' about Immigration
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Public Forum
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Common Grounds: The Costs of Assimilation (Public Forum)
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Breaking Down Borders: Immigration in San Francisco (Public Forum)
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Chinese Stereotypes and Diversity: What's the Real China? (Public Forum)
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The Economic Impact of Immigration on Our Communities: What's in it for Us? (Public Forum)
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Mirror on the Wall: A Conversation Between American-Born and Chinese Immigrants (Public Forum)
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Building Inclusive Communities: Faith and Immigrant Leaders Discuss Immigration (Conference)
The Slanted Screen (Film Screening)
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KQED Honors "Celebrate America Creative Writing" & "Coming to California" Contest Winners
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Myths and Realities in a Nation of Immigrants
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Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations: Photos (Cálculos en torno a la inmigración)
Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations
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Immigrant Profiles / Perfiles de los inmigrantes

Arun Antonio and Rupa Kalidoss are H-1B visa holders and software engineers from India, living in San Francisco and expecting their first baby. They've applied for a green card which would grant them permanent residency status in the U.S. Arun's company was founded by an immigrant from Greece who will also appear in the documentary.

Arun Antonio y Rupa Kalidoss, poseedores de visas H-1B, son ingenieros de software de la India, residentes de San Francisco. Actualmente tramitan la obtención de tarjetas de residentes que les concederían la residencia permanente en EE. UU.

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Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations
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Immigrant Profiles / Perfiles de los inmigrantes

Guadalupe Chávez is an entrepreneur from Mexico. Chávez owns and operates La India Bonita, a Mexican restaurant in Union City.

Guadalupe Chávez es una empresaria mexicana, dueña y encargada de La India Bonita, un restaurante mexicano en Union City.

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Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations
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Immigrant Profiles / Perfiles de los inmigrantes

Aklilu Asefaw Kidane is a chemist from Eritrea who immigrated to the United States in 2006. Kidane lives in the South Bay and recently started working at his first American job.

Aklilu Kidane es un químico de Eritrea que emigró a Estados Unidos en 2006. Kidane vive en South Bay y hace poco empezó a trabajar en Estados Unidos.

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Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations
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Economic Experts / Expertos Económicos

Arturo Gonzalez, Ph.D. is a Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. Gonzalez recently published the report, "California's Commitment to Adult English Learners: Caught Between Funding and Need," which examines the discrepancy between California's goal of providing free English classes and the reality that the current funding system for providing classes is about 30 years out of date.

Arturo González tiene una beca de investigación en el Public Policy Institute of California. Recientemente González publicó el informe "California's Commitment to Adult English Learners: Caught Between Funding and Need" ("El compromiso de California con los estudiantes adultos de inglés: diferencias entre la financiación y las necesidades"), que analiza las discrepancias entre el objetivo de California de ofrecer clases gratuitas de inglés y la realidad del sistema actual de financiación de dichas clases, que no ha sido actualizado en 30 años.

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Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations
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Economic Experts / Expertos Económicos

Stephen Levy is Director and Senior Economist of the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (CCSCE) in Palo Alto. CCSCE is a private research organization founded in 1969 to provide an independent assessment of economic and demographic trends in California.

Stephen Levy es director y economista principal del Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy (CCSCE) de Palo Alto. CCSCE es un organismo privado de investigación, fundado en 1969 para dar un análisis independiente de las tendencias económicas y demográficas en California.

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Immigration in Focus: Immigration Calculations
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Economic Experts / Expertos Económicos

Sylvia Rosales-Fike is President and Chief Executive Officer of AnewAmerica Community Corporation, a non-profit that serves new American entrepreneurs and their families with business incubation, asset planning, and financial services and social responsibility programs in the Bay Area.

Sylvia Rosales-Fike es presidenta y directora ejecutiva de AnewAmerica Community Corporation, organismo sin fines de lucro que ayuda a los nuevos empresarios estadounidenses y a sus familias con la incubación empresarial, la planificación patrimonial, servicios financieros y programas de responsabilidad social en Bay Area.

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