window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"news_11680907": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11680907",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11680907",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11680868,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-520x347.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 347
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-960x640.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 640
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-375x250.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 250
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/IVotedButton-240x160.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
}
},
"publishDate": 1531790402,
"modified": 1531862480,
"caption": "In November 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, authorizing noncitizen voting in school board elections.",
"description": "In Nov. 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, authorizing non-citizen voting in school board elections.",
"title": "IVotedButton",
"credit": "Alan Toth/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703751": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703751",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703751",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703744,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-1038x576.jpeg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-160x107.jpeg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-672x372.jpeg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1.jpeg",
"width": 1260,
"height": 840
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-1020x680.jpeg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-1200x800.jpeg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-50x50.jpeg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-96x96.jpeg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-800x533.jpeg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-64x64.jpeg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-32x32.jpeg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-150x150.jpeg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump1-128x128.jpeg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1541448326,
"modified": 1541456603,
"caption": "A shrine sits next to a Delano road where Marcelina and Santos Garcia died in a car crash while fleeing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.",
"description": "A shrine sits next to a Delano road where Marcelina and Santos Garcia died in a car crash while fleeing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.",
"title": "trump1",
"credit": "Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703890": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703890",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703890",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703876,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV.jpg",
"width": 1265,
"height": 709
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-1020x572.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 572
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-1200x673.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 673
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-800x448.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 448
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JAV-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1541458489,
"modified": 1541458489,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "JAV",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703638": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703638",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703638",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703637,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-160x120.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 120
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1440
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1020x765.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 765
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1200x900.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 900
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-800x600.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1920x1440.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1440
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1541400890,
"modified": 1541400927,
"caption": "Betty Valencia, candidate for Orange City Council, on the campaign trail.",
"description": null,
"title": "valencia_crowd-qut",
"credit": "Betty Valencia",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703594": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703594",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703594",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703577,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-520x347.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 347
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-960x640.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 640
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-375x250.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 250
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg",
"width": 5184,
"height": 3456
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-240x160.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
}
},
"publishDate": 1541374852,
"modified": 1541374872,
"caption": "Maricela Sandoval of San Jose paints the face of fellow dancer, Estrella Zamudio, also of San Jose.",
"description": null,
"title": "IMG_7004",
"credit": "Sara Hossaini/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703508": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703508",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703508",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703507,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-520x293.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 293
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-960x541.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 541
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-375x211.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 211
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-e1541277025438.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1082
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1020x575.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 575
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1180x665.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 665
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1200x676.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 676
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-800x451.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 451
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1920x1082.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1082
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1180x665.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 665
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-1920x1082.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1082
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ap_18229761384723_wide-bb44bcc65cb19a121ac1d66ba6c95a6ca581c66a-240x135.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 135
}
},
"publishDate": 1541276597,
"modified": 1541276597,
"caption": null,
"description": "People line up to cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump has threatened to close the border to asylum-seekers.",
"title": "People line up to cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump has threatened to close the border to asylum-seekers.",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703410": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703410",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703410",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703405,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-520x293.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 293
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-960x540.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 540
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-375x211.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 211
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2.jpg",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-1020x574.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 574
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-1180x664.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 664
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-1200x675.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 675
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-1180x664.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 664
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/NR605_MARQUEE_2-240x135.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 135
}
},
"publishDate": 1541203454,
"modified": 1541203454,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "NR605_MARQUEE_2",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11703247": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11703247",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703247",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11703189,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-520x347.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 347
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-1024x576.jpg",
"width": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-960x641.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 641
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-375x250.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 250
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured.jpg",
"width": 1024,
"height": 684
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-1020x681.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 681
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-800x534.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 534
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/The-mother-and-children-of-murdered-indigenous-activist-Berta-Caceres-Austraberta-and-Olivia-Laura-Berta-and-Salvador-Zuniga-are-pictured-240x160.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
}
},
"publishDate": 1541186258,
"modified": 1541187453,
"caption": "The mother and children of murdered indigenous activist Berta Caceres. Bertha — second from right — along with (L-R) Austraberta, Olivia, Laura, and Salvador Zuniga — are pictured after a press conference in La Esperanza on March 5, 2016.\n\n(Orlando Sierra / Getty Images)",
"description": null,
"title": "HONDURAS-CRIME-ENVIRONMENT-CACERES-FUNERAL",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11702625": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11702625",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11702625",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11701936,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-520x347.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 347
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-960x640.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 640
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-375x250.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 250
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33517_Leena-grad-1-2-qut-240x160.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
}
},
"publishDate": 1540997168,
"modified": 1541022689,
"caption": "Leena Bhai graduated from the Post Graduate Programme in Management at the Indian School of Business in 2014. Now, she's one of more than 100,000 H-4 EAD holders who could lose permission to work in the U.S. as the Department of Homeland Security changes the way it interprets immigration law.",
"description": "Leena Bhai graduated from the Post Graduate Programme in Management at the Indian School of Business in 2014. Now, she's one of more than 100,000 H4-EAD holders who could lose permission to work in the US as the Department of Homeland Security changes the way it interprets immigration law.",
"title": "RS33517_Leena-grad-1 2-qut",
"credit": "Courtesy of Leena Bhai",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11572756": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11572756",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11572756",
"found": true
},
"parent": 0,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-520x195.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 195
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1038x450.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-160x60.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 60
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-960x360.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 360
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-375x141.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 141
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 450
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1020x383.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 383
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1180x443.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 443
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-800x300.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 300
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1180x443.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 443
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-240x90.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
}
},
"publishDate": 1500316142,
"modified": 1500316142,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcr_archive_background",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11684315": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11684315",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11684315",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11684311,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-520x347.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 347
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-960x640.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 640
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-375x250.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 250
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-e1533164091583.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-938359284-240x160.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
}
},
"publishDate": 1533163988,
"modified": 1533229127,
"caption": "Illegal immigrants wait to be transported to a central processing center shortly after they crossed the border from Mexico into the U.S. on March 26, 2018.",
"description": "Illegal immigrants wait to be transported to a central processing center shortly after they crossed the border from Mexico into the U.S. on March 26, 2018.",
"title": "TOPSHOT-US-MEXICO-BORDER-IMMIGRATION-ARREST",
"credit": "Loren Elliott/AFP/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"byline_news_11703744": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11703744",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11703744",
"name": "Susan Ferriss",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11703507": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11703507",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11703507",
"name": "\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/159989569/joel-rose\">Joel Rose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11702638": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11702638",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11702638",
"name": "\u003cstrong>Max Rivlin-Nadler\u003c/strong>",
"isLoading": false
},
"kqed": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "236",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "236",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqed",
"email": "faq@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqed"
},
"rachael-myrow": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "251",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "251",
"found": true
},
"name": "Rachael Myrow",
"firstName": "Rachael",
"lastName": "Myrow",
"slug": "rachael-myrow",
"email": "rmyrow@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Senior Editor of KQED's Silicon Valley News Desk",
"bio": "• I write and edit stories about how Silicon Valley power and policies shape everyday life in California. I’m also passionate about making Bay Area history and culture more accessible to a broad public. • I’ve been a journalist for most of my life, starting in high school with The Franklin Press in Los Angeles, where I grew up. While earning my first degree in English at UC Berkeley, I got my start in public radio at KALX-FM. After completing a second degree in journalism at Cal, I landed my first professional job at Marketplace, then moved on to KPCC (now LAist), and then KQED, where I hosted The California Report for more than seven years. • My reporting has appeared on NPR, The World, WBUR’s \u003ci>Here & Now\u003c/i>, and the BBC. I also guest host for KQED’s \u003ci>Forum\u003c/i>, as well as the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. • I speak periodically on media, democracy and technology issues, and do voiceover work for documentaries and educational video projects. • Outside of the studio, you'll find me hiking Bay Area trails and whipping up Insta-ready meals in my kitchen. • I do not accept gifts, money, or favors from anyone connected to my reporting, I don't pay people for information, and I do not support or donate to political causes. • I strive to treat the people I report on with fairness, honesty, and respect. I also recognize there are often multiple sides to a story and work to verify information through multiple sources and documentation. If I get something wrong, I correct it.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ed8a3c5f26025e4a805ba634cda8cd764906b97438a6d9ce216b044e340da4e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "rachaelmyrow",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaelmyrow/",
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"edit_others_posts",
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "bayareabites",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Rachael Myrow | KQED",
"description": "Senior Editor of KQED's Silicon Valley News Desk",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ed8a3c5f26025e4a805ba634cda8cd764906b97438a6d9ce216b044e340da4e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ed8a3c5f26025e4a805ba634cda8cd764906b97438a6d9ce216b044e340da4e?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/rachael-myrow"
},
"shossaini": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3214",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3214",
"found": true
},
"name": "Sara Hossaini",
"firstName": "Sara",
"lastName": "Hossaini",
"slug": "shossaini",
"email": "shossaini@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Reporter",
"bio": "Sara Hossaini came to general assignment reporting at KQED in 2013 after two winters reporting at Wyoming Public Radio. She holds a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her radio romance began after a bitter breakup with documentary film (Ok, maybe it's still complicated). Her first simultaneous jobs in San Francisco were as Associate Producer on a PBS film series through the Center for Asian American Media and as a butler. She likes to trot, plot and make things with her hands.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/060e9f56b9554e17942e89f413242774?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "mshossaini",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Sara Hossaini | KQED",
"description": "KQED Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/060e9f56b9554e17942e89f413242774?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/060e9f56b9554e17942e89f413242774?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/shossaini"
},
"cveltman": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "8608",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "8608",
"found": true
},
"name": "Chloe Veltman",
"firstName": "Chloe",
"lastName": "Veltman",
"slug": "cveltman",
"email": "cveltman@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "Arts and Culture Reporter",
"bio": "Chloe Veltman is a former arts and culture reporter for KQED. Prior to joining the organization, she launched and led the arts bureau at Colorado Public Radio, served as the Bay Area's culture columnist for the New York Times, and was the founder, host and executive producer of VoiceBox, a national award-winning weekly podcast/radio show and live events series all about the human voice. Chloe is the recipient of numerous prizes, grants and fellowships including a Webby Award for her work on interactive storytelling, both the John S Knight Journalism Fellowship and Humanities Center Fellowship at Stanford University, the Sundance Arts Writing Fellowship and a Library of Congress Research Fellowship. She is the author of the book \"On Acting\" and has appeared as a guest lecturer at Yale University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music among other institutions. She holds a BA in english literature from King's College, Cambridge, and a Masters in Dramaturgy from the Central School of Speech and Drama/Harvard Institute for Advanced Theater Training.\r\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.chloeveltman.com\">www.chloeveltman.com\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/55403394b00a1ddab683952c2eb2cf85?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "chloeveltman",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "pop",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": []
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Chloe Veltman | KQED",
"description": "Arts and Culture Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/55403394b00a1ddab683952c2eb2cf85?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/55403394b00a1ddab683952c2eb2cf85?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/cveltman"
},
"fjhabvala": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "8659",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "8659",
"found": true
},
"name": "Farida Jhabvala Romero",
"firstName": "Farida",
"lastName": "Jhabvala Romero",
"slug": "fjhabvala",
"email": "fjhabvala@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Farida Jhabvala Romero is a Labor Correspondent for KQED. She previously covered immigration. Farida was \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccnma.org/2022-most-influential-latina-journalists\">named\u003c/a> one of the 10 Most Influential Latina Journalists in California in 2022 by the California Chicano News Media Association. Her work has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California), as well as a national and regional Edward M. Murrow Award for the collaborative reporting projects “Dangerous Air” and “Graying California.” Before joining KQED, Farida worked as a producer at Radio Bilingüe, a national public radio network. Farida earned her master’s degree in journalism from Stanford University.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f9f022d4e2609741874222a1e9d41f48fea74011aa7c615eef91d9a50c944ebe?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "FaridaJhabvala",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/faridajhabvala/",
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Farida Jhabvala Romero | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f9f022d4e2609741874222a1e9d41f48fea74011aa7c615eef91d9a50c944ebe?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f9f022d4e2609741874222a1e9d41f48fea74011aa7c615eef91d9a50c944ebe?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/fjhabvala"
},
"vrancano": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11276",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11276",
"found": true
},
"name": "Vanessa Rancaño",
"firstName": "Vanessa",
"lastName": "Rancaño",
"slug": "vrancano",
"email": "vrancano@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Reporter",
"bio": "Vanessa Rancaño is a features reporter for KQED. She’s also covered homelessness and education for the station and reported from the Central Valley. Her work has aired across public radio, from flagship national news shows to longform narrative podcasts. Before taking up a mic, she worked as a freelance print journalist. She’s been recognized with a number of national and regional awards. Vanessa grew up in California's Central Valley. She's a former NPR Kroc Fellow, and a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "vanessarancano",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Vanessa Rancaño | KQED",
"description": "Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b3a383dfb0e7ee1c17568f2cf067904ab654d6e3de9743fc661f3c788ade1bed?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/vrancano"
},
"mleitsinger": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11310",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11310",
"found": true
},
"name": "Miranda Leitsinger",
"firstName": "Miranda",
"lastName": "Leitsinger",
"slug": "mleitsinger",
"email": "mleitsinger@KQED.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Miranda Leitsinger has worked in journalism as a reporter and editor since 2000, including seven years at The Associated Press in locales such as Cambodia and Puerto Rico, four years at NBC News Digital in New York and 2.5 years at CNN.com International in Hong Kong. Major stories she has covered included sexual abuse in the yoga community, the rise of women in local politics post-2016 election, the struggle over LGBTQ inclusion in the Boy Scouts, aftermath of the 2004 and 2011 tsunamis, the Aurora movie theater attack, the Newtown school shooting, Superstorm Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cdd00de7be92aab3b7fd3d915e02033d?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "mimileitsinger",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Miranda Leitsinger | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cdd00de7be92aab3b7fd3d915e02033d?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cdd00de7be92aab3b7fd3d915e02033d?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/mleitsinger"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_category_immigration": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1169",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1169",
"score": 10.9066925
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Immigration",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Immigration Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1180,
"slug": "immigration",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Immigration",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 110
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?category=immigration",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 110
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"news_11680868": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11680868",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11680868",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541529034000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541529034,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Noncitizens Allowed to Vote in S.F. School Board Election, But Few Will",
"title": "Noncitizens Allowed to Vote in S.F. School Board Election, But Few Will",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco became the largest city in the United States to allow noncitizens to vote in a local election today — but few newly enfranchised residents were ready to take the city up on the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After months of outreach and over $300,000 spent on a new registration system and efforts to educate prospective voters about the new program, a total of 56 noncitizens registered to vote in today’s school board election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Sandra Fewer, who supported the move to allow noncitizen voting, said she’s not surprised given the Trump administration’s rhetoric and action on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer played a key role in securing funding for a robust campaign to educate potential voters about the risks associated with the program. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to make sure every voter is an informed voter,” she said, noting that despite its sanctuary designation, the city cannot guarantee privacy in this case. Voter registration information is public. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hope it will not always be so,” she said of the low participation, but made clear she’s not daunted. “It is never a failure to expand the number of people who have a right to vote, to encourage people to be involved in the political system. It is never a waste of money to give people more information about voting, and about voting rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community organizers see benefits to the program beyond voting. Hong Mei Pang of the advocacy organization Chinese for Affirmative Action says the education campaign encouraged parents to get involved in their children’s schools in all kinds of ways, from questioning candidates for the school board at forums, to joining PTAs and English Learner Advisory Committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had a different take on the numbers. As Pang sees it, \"Fifty-six people showed tremendous political courage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, July 17, 2018:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFor the first time in California history noncitizens, including undocumented immigrants, can now \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register to vote in upcoming school board elections\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, authorizing noncitizen voting in school board elections. Two previous attempts to do so failed at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be eligible, a noncitizen must not be in prison or on parole for a felony conviction, and must be a parent, legal guardian or legally recognized caregiver of a child under the age of 19 living in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city joins the few around the U.S. to grant undocumented immigrants limited local voting rights. The practice doesn’t extend to state and federal elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move could be significant in a school district where one in three students come from immigrant families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of parents, politicians and community activists gathered to celebrate the opening of voter registration for noncitizens in front of City Hall on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680903\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-375x258.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-520x358.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Many of our public school families have come to the U.S. for opportunities like a free public education,\" said San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Fewer, one of the key supporters of the legislation. \"It is only right that they would have a say in who will be governing the education of their children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from mainland China four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED in Cantonese through an interpreter that being able to vote will improve her kids’ education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want my kids to have the best education that they can have,\" Li said. \"I believe that it is important for parents to be part of this whole process to fight for as much resources as we can get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For noncitizens, registering to vote comes with risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of concern regarding the federal government obtaining the personal information of voters who would register as noncitizens,\" said San Francisco Department of Elections Director John Arntz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help mitigate this reality, Arntz said the city has allocated $150,000 to help provide community outreach around the new legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Voter registration information is available in \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">48 languages online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arntz said San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/oceia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Civic Engagement & Immigration Affairs\u003c/a> is working with a set of local immigration support groups to provide advice and information for noncitizens, including those seeking to find out if their status might be potentially harmed by registering to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such support group is \u003ca href=\"http://caasf.org\">Chinese for Affirmative Action\u003c/a> (CAA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the political climate, it's so important that voters are aware that this visibility to the federal government is present,\" said Hong Mei Pang, director of advocacy for CAA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How it would affect their immigration situation differs from family to family. So our work is really making sure that community members are aware and that they are making the best decision they can for their families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hongmei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hong Mei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her part, Ruiyi Lee said she plans to get advice from community support groups like CAA, before deciding whether to go ahead and register. But right now she’s excited about the prospect of casting her ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the day, the choice is yours to assess that risk and to decide whether or not this is the right time for you to register to vote,\" Lee said. \"The important thing is that right now, we actually have a choice to make, the right to choose.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11680868 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11680868",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/06/voter-registration-for-non-citizens-begins-in-s-f-school-board-election/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 973,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 31
},
"modified": 1541530634,
"excerpt": "San Francisco became the largest city in the nation to allow noncitizens to vote in a local election today. But few newly enfranchised residents were ready to take the city up on the offer.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "San Francisco became the largest city in the nation to allow noncitizens to vote in a local election today. But few newly enfranchised residents were ready to take the city up on the offer.",
"title": "Noncitizens Allowed to Vote in S.F. School Board Election, But Few Will | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Noncitizens Allowed to Vote in S.F. School Board Election, But Few Will",
"datePublished": "2018-11-06T10:30:34-08:00",
"dateModified": "2018-11-06T10:57:14-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "voter-registration-for-non-citizens-begins-in-s-f-school-board-election",
"status": "publish",
"audioTrackLength": 113,
"path": "/news/11680868/voter-registration-for-non-citizens-begins-in-s-f-school-board-election",
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Nov. 6, 10:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco became the largest city in the United States to allow noncitizens to vote in a local election today — but few newly enfranchised residents were ready to take the city up on the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After months of outreach and over $300,000 spent on a new registration system and efforts to educate prospective voters about the new program, a total of 56 noncitizens registered to vote in today’s school board election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Sandra Fewer, who supported the move to allow noncitizen voting, said she’s not surprised given the Trump administration’s rhetoric and action on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer played a key role in securing funding for a robust campaign to educate potential voters about the risks associated with the program. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to make sure every voter is an informed voter,” she said, noting that despite its sanctuary designation, the city cannot guarantee privacy in this case. Voter registration information is public. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hope it will not always be so,” she said of the low participation, but made clear she’s not daunted. “It is never a failure to expand the number of people who have a right to vote, to encourage people to be involved in the political system. It is never a waste of money to give people more information about voting, and about voting rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community organizers see benefits to the program beyond voting. Hong Mei Pang of the advocacy organization Chinese for Affirmative Action says the education campaign encouraged parents to get involved in their children’s schools in all kinds of ways, from questioning candidates for the school board at forums, to joining PTAs and English Learner Advisory Committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had a different take on the numbers. As Pang sees it, \"Fifty-six people showed tremendous political courage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, July 17, 2018:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFor the first time in California history noncitizens, including undocumented immigrants, can now \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register to vote in upcoming school board elections\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2016, San Francisco voters approved Proposition N, authorizing noncitizen voting in school board elections. Two previous attempts to do so failed at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be eligible, a noncitizen must not be in prison or on parole for a felony conviction, and must be a parent, legal guardian or legally recognized caregiver of a child under the age of 19 living in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city joins the few around the U.S. to grant undocumented immigrants limited local voting rights. The practice doesn’t extend to state and federal elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move could be significant in a school district where one in three students come from immigrant families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of parents, politicians and community activists gathered to celebrate the opening of voter registration for noncitizens in front of City Hall on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680903\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-375x258.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/FewerSpeaks-520x358.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Sandra Fewer speaks outside San Francisco City Hall. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Many of our public school families have come to the U.S. for opportunities like a free public education,\" said San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Fewer, one of the key supporters of the legislation. \"It is only right that they would have a say in who will be governing the education of their children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from mainland China four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED in Cantonese through an interpreter that being able to vote will improve her kids’ education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want my kids to have the best education that they can have,\" Li said. \"I believe that it is important for parents to be part of this whole process to fight for as much resources as we can get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680890\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Ruiyi-Lee-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother of two Ruiyi Li came to the U.S. from China four years ago and is excited about getting the chance to vote. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For noncitizens, registering to vote comes with risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of concern regarding the federal government obtaining the personal information of voters who would register as noncitizens,\" said San Francisco Department of Elections Director John Arntz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help mitigate this reality, Arntz said the city has allocated $150,000 to help provide community outreach around the new legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680891\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/john-arntz-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Arntz, director of San Francisco's elections department. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Voter registration information is available in \u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/non-citizen-registration-and-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">48 languages online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arntz said San Francisco's \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/oceia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Civic Engagement & Immigration Affairs\u003c/a> is working with a set of local immigration support groups to provide advice and information for noncitizens, including those seeking to find out if their status might be potentially harmed by registering to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such support group is \u003ca href=\"http://caasf.org\">Chinese for Affirmative Action\u003c/a> (CAA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the political climate, it's so important that voters are aware that this visibility to the federal government is present,\" said Hong Mei Pang, director of advocacy for CAA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How it would affect their immigration situation differs from family to family. So our work is really making sure that community members are aware and that they are making the best decision they can for their families.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11680892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11680892\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hongmei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/Hongmei-Pang-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hong Mei Pang of Chinese Affirmative Action, one of many local groups on hand to advise immigrants on the voter registration process. \u003ccite>(Photo: Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her part, Ruiyi Lee said she plans to get advice from community support groups like CAA, before deciding whether to go ahead and register. But right now she’s excited about the prospect of casting her ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the day, the choice is yours to assess that risk and to decide whether or not this is the right time for you to register to vote,\" Lee said. \"The important thing is that right now, we actually have a choice to make, the right to choose.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11680868/voter-registration-for-non-citizens-begins-in-s-f-school-board-election",
"authors": [
"8608",
"11276"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_18540",
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_20191",
"news_24446",
"news_38",
"news_123",
"news_17041",
"news_244",
"news_2027"
],
"featImg": "news_11680907",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11703744": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703744",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703744",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541460144000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district",
"title": "Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District",
"publishDate": 1541460144,
"format": "image",
"headTitle": "Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to ‘Flip’ California GOP Congressional District | KQED",
"labelTerm": {},
"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap] small shrine with fresh marigolds and votive candles marks the spot where immigrants Marcelina and Santos Garcia \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\">were killed on March 13.\u003c/a> The couple, of Mixtec Indian origin, had emigrated to California’s Central Valley from a rural region in Mexico where family values are strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like so many other immigrants, they built a life in Delano, a city of 53,000 that’s about 140 miles north of Los Angeles. There, they worked in the world’s most productive farm industry, in its vast sea of grape vines, fruit trees and multi-seasonal crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But early that March morning, as the Garcias drove through town, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents closed in on their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attempting to evade agents, the undocumented couple sped down a country road. The vehicle went out of control and crashed into a pole and rolled over, killing the Garcias, who never knew that ICE was looking for Santos’ brother, not for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg\" alt=\"Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents. \u003ccite>(The Bakersfield Californian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Garcias’ deaths left their six children, who are not all U.S. citizens, orphaned. And in Delano — where in 1965 the United Farm Workers first carved their place in history — anger and fear about what happened has added urgency and upped the stakes for the midterm election occurring tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been huge wake-up call for the Latino community,” said Yazmin Hernandez, 22, a graduate of Fresno State University who helps legal permanent-resident immigrants in Delano apply for citizenship. “As a child of farmworkers,” she said, “I really want to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But do others agree? Hernandez and a lot of young Latinos like her — many motivated, some less so — could be pivotal to what happens in this grape-growing region with a disappointing history of voter turnout. That history explains why get-out-the-vote campaigns hoping to energize thousands of voters have been sweeping through California’s Central Valley in recent weeks, as labor groups and immigrant rights activists aim to send a message to President Donald J. Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eye of the storm: the district’s congressman, U.S. Rep. David Valadao, a Republican who has defied the odds by being elected three times in a district where Democrats hold a registration advantage and Hillary Clinton was victorious just two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Youth Get Involved\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There’s no escaping Delano’s dramatic past. Not far from the roadside shrine commemorating the Garcias, the United Farm Workers’ original adobe headquarters, “Forty Acres,” is now a national historic landmark — something few would have imagined in the late 1960s here in Kern County. A bronze plaque and other markers explain Delano’s place in a chapter of American history that still rankles some conservatives and divides people here even today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a five-year strike and a national boycott campaign for the UFW to obtain its first union contract in 1970 benefiting Mexican-American and Mexican and Filipino immigrant grape laborers. As door-to-door voter turnout campaigns tick up to Election Day, Forty Acres is a reminder that change can take root slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-160x60.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1020x382.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1200x450.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1180x442.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-960x360.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-240x90.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-375x140.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-520x195.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delano is home to Forty Acres, now a national historic landmark. It’s where Cesar Chavez and farmworkers established a headquarters in the late 1960s to fight for farm labor and civil rights. Chavez fasted in a room at Forty Acres, pictured at left, to demand rights for agricultural workers. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For frustrated Democrats, this is a crucial beachhead. Out of the 53 seats allotted to California in the House of Representatives, only 14 districts are held by Republicans in a state that’s been gradually turning deep blue for years now. Delano, 77 percent Latino, sits in one of the GOP pockets: the sprawling 21st Congressional District. The Almanac of American Politics says Valadao has won here against Democratic candidates “who have consistently under-performed initial expectations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stretching more than 150 miles northwest to southeast, the Valley district includes parts of Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern counties and a piece of the city of Bakersfield. The district is also home to a smattering of small cities, Naval Air Station Lemoore, a major fighter base, and mile after mile of crops and dairy farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in midterm elections is usually tepid compared to presidential races. But it’s the age of Trump, and California is a state where Latinos, mostly Mexican-American, are now the single largest demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“As a child of farmworkers, I really want to vote.” \u003ccite>Yazmin Hernandez, 22 \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Against this backdrop, Democrats hope that more door-to-door contact with “low-propensity” voters and “ticket splitters” will channel that anti-Trump sentiment into victories in at least a few GOP-held districts. If that happens, GOP California could shrink more and contribute to “flipping” the Republican-held U.S. House of Representatives to Democrats. But Valadao has not been alone in bucking the tide; neighboring conservative districts are held by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\"> rising conservative star Devin Nunes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats would dearly love to do better here. But even enthusiasts don’t expect turnout miracles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, Latinos are only 21 percent of those most likely to vote in elections generally, even though 34 percent of those eligible to vote in California are Latino, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But young people, especially, who are scared for their peers’ or their own undocumented parents, say there’s no choice but to hit the streets and persuade those eligible to cast ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families,” said Bryan Osorio, 22, who grew up in Delano. He explained the personal stakes for so many here during a meeting at Delano’s sole Starbucks. The coffee shop wasn’t far from where workers, swaddled in scarfs to fend off dust, were gleaning the last of this area’s gargantuan crop of table grapes to ship back East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-520x347.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Osorio, 22, of Delano, talks to an 80-year-old Delano voter. Osorio is a University of California, Berkeley, graduate running for Delano City Council to address drinking water problems and defend immigrant families. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the Garcias died, Delano police examined video and found that ICE agents had pursued the couple with lights flashing, contrary to what ICE agents told officers investigating circumstances of the chase. Police recommended Kern County prosecutors charge ICE agents for providing false information, but prosecutors disagreed that evidence supported that charge. Osorio and fellow students who were home on spring break marched with Delano high school students denouncing Trump’s aggressive deployment of ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Osorio’s immigrant parents aren’t citizens and can’t vote, he said. But he can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going back years, Republican politicians and agribusiness companies in California have acknowledged that they depend on immigrant workers, many of whom likely don’t have authentic work documents. As producers of more than half the fruits, vegetables and nuts in the country — and as the biggest dairy producers — California agribusiness interests lobbied Washington for years to legalize the labor force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen, and then Trump was elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he’d like a leadership role in vigorously challenging Trump policies, Osorio is now running for Delano City Council. He’s also vowing to address Delano’s poor water quality and stop water rate hikes burdening low-income families here. Armed with research to help him home in on infrequent voters, the recent University of California at Berkeley graduate has been knocking on doors on the West side of Delano, the Latino barrio back when Latinos were a minority and some white-owned establishments barred Mexicans from entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">The Nation’s Most Expensive Congressional Race Is in the Central Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/GettyImages-1000649560-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Other college students are backing Osorio, and they split up homes chosen as targets. When he’s not campaigning, Osorio’s working as a fellow at the American Civil Liberties Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve gotten a lot of vulgar comments from older men,” Osorio said of reactions to his campaign. “They said, ‘When I was your age I was chasing girls and partying. But my respect to you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his canvassing rounds, Osorio secured a verbal pledge of support from an 80-year-old citizen relaxing in his rose garden. A younger man in dusty work clothes shook Osorio’s hand and assured him in a mix of Spanish and English that he’d already voted “all Democrats” and for Osorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe he did,” Osorio said, as his team discussed follow up visits. Not all voters appreciated the students’ visits. As one of Osorio’s friends approached a house, he was met with: “I don’t vote. Go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Split Ticket Voters\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to see why it’s frustrating to Delano immigrant activists and Democrats that the 21st congressional district remains Republican.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sunbaked valley has some of the worst air pollution in the country and high rates of health problems like diabetes and asthma. Obamacare was a boon to many low-income residents here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district chose Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump by more than 15 points in 2016, making it one of seven GOP-held Congressional districts where the Democrat prevailed. But even though Democrats in the 21st had an estimated 16-point registration advantage over Republicans, voters returned Valadao to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families.” \u003ccite>Bryan Osorio, 22 who grew up in Delano\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like the more nationally recognizable Nunes, Valadao, 41, comes from dairy-farming roots. A bank seized Valadao’s family farm in June due to $8 million in unpaid loans, a crisis Valadao said exemplifies the travails of farmers he serves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mild-mannered man, he recently posed in Arizona with President Trump, along with Nunes and McCarthy of Bakersfield, who hopes to vault from GOP majority leader to Speaker of the House if the GOP retains control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photo op on Oct. 19 was all about irrigation water — a massive issue here. It showcased Trump signing a memo accelerating biological reviews of water systems that Central Valley farmers — and workers — hope will divert more water from California rivers bearing endangered species. Trump’s move was met here with strong approval, and there was Valadao by his side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its tight bond with agribusiness, the valley is also one of California’s most culturally conservative regions. Evangelical churches are prominent, along with conservative talk radio in English and Spanish. Some local Latino activists suggest that Valadao has benefited at the polls because some voters think he is of Mexican heritage. In reality, Valadao is of Portuguese descent, as is Nunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what gives Democrats hope for this election?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s lacerating rhetoric about Mexican immigrants has upset a lot of people, so even if they regard Valadao as moderate, Trump has further tarnished the Republican brand in California. About 62 percent of the 21st district’s residents who are eligible to register to vote are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These immigrants risk their lives to work here,” said Mexican-American Erica Cruz, 48, a self-employed hairdresser whose husband used to be undocumented. “Latinos are getting picked on. This town thrives on Latinos…Trump is putting us in a terrible position and we’re scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s irksome to Cruz because it’s plain to her that the region’s agribusiness industry — America’s farm powerhouse — has benefited from people who shoulder all the risks that come with undocumented immigration. Workers have assumed the burden of paying smugglers thousands of dollars to get them over the border, so they can take back-breaking jobs they obtain by showing fake documents that employers have no obligation to authenticate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, it’s common for there to be no bright line between documented and undocumented in towns like Delano because there are many “mixed status” families, with some members citizens, others legal residents and still others who are undocumented, “sin papales,” without papers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703757\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703757\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigrant workers are the backbone of agribusiness in California’s 21st Congressional District and other GOP-held districts in the Central Valley. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao, whose campaign did not respond to interview requests, has succeeded in part because he’s sensitive to the composition of his district, and he’s tried to walk a difficult line on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his Spanish-language website, he calls himself as an “hijo de inmigrantes,” a son of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s website also says he supports a path to legal status for undocumented people: “This will allow millions of immigrants to come out of the shadows…and raise their families without the constant fear of deportation.” But none of Valadao’s positions have gone anywhere under GOP leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed on immigration, Valadao has pointed out that he signed a petition this year designed to force GOP House leaders to allow lawmakers to vote on a series of complex immigration proposals, among them a path to legal status for Dreamers, undocumented people brought to the United States as children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The petition failed to lead to any reforms passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Delano, voters seemed either unaware of the byzantine petition process or dismissed it as window dressing to aid GOP legislators looking for Latino votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJ Cox, Valadao’s Democratic rival, told Valadao during a recent debate: “The fact is your party has control of every branch of government … and you can’t pass … an immigration bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox, 55, is a Fresno engineer and businessman who’s developed dams — he can talk water — and who’s also founded two nut-processing businesses and a series of health centers in lower-income areas. He’s part Chinese and Filipino, which he’s highlighted in this multicultural region.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Valadao has attacked Cox for living a few miles outside the 21st district — which is allowed — and for what Cox says was an “honest mistake” in claiming his Fresno home and an East Coast home as his primary address while his wife was studying in Maryland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The influential Cook Political Report predicts a win for Valadao. It’s moved the 21st district race to “likely Republican,” rather than the more equivocal “lean” or “toss up” designations given to some of California’s other contested districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox’s campaign, though, sees hope in fresh numbers pollsters might not be capturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office in January 2017, campaign workers point out, more than 30,000 additional people have registered to vote in the 21st district, more than 20,000 of them Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them,” Cox told the Center for Public Integrity after his wife, Kathleen Murphy, a pediatric intensive care physician, passed her cell phone over for a chat. On a recent weekend, she was in a Delano park with supporters who fanned out through town as part of a Democratic “blue wave” door-to-door strategy to try to coax voters to come out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joining Murphy was Cruz, the Delano hairdresser, who said that rather than just casting a ballot this year, she felt compelled to hold home meetings and to canvass along with other bilingual volunteers. She’s hoping Republican hostility to the Affordable Care Act — and Valadao’s votes to oppose and then repeal it — will also animate voters to choose Cox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she conceded, many people aren’t aware of Valadao’s votes and she’s left explaining them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must fight back,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician, is just the type of voter Cruz wants to reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview at Starbucks, where she was scrolling through her phone, Lopez said that she had voted for Hillary Clinton. She has health insurance through her job. What’s weighing on her mind these days is college affordability, which has stymied her son’s plans for a four-year college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She does care about immigration to the extent that she doesn’t want to see families “torn apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like people deported for no good reason,” she said. Farms have been losing workers because of ICE enforcement and they need workers, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as for Trump, she said with a shake of her head, “I’ve never seen a president who talks so badly about people.” Will she vote? She thinks so but wasn’t certain. She didn’t seem that excited about the kinds of races on the ballot this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political scientist Mark Martinez at California State University at Bakersfield, also in Kern County, said he thinks if TJ Cox were running in a presidential election year, his odds of defeating Valadao would be far greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them.” — TJ Cox, David Valadao’s Democratic rival\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A longtime observer of elections here, Martinez said it’s “Poli Sci 101” why more Central Valley voters don’t come out more at midterms: Just as in other parts of the country, he said, the least advantaged people are the least likely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">to believe their vote matters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have some of the poorest congressional districts,” he said. Valadao, he added, doesn’t make “any stupid mistakes” in regard to the hot-button issue of immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sowing Voter Seeds\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another Delano resident, Valerie Gorospe, 40, is a community organizer at Delano’s Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. She collaborated with a bipartisan voter-registration education campaign this past year called Central Valley Freedom Summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign sent college students from the University of California’s Santa Cruz and Merced campuses back to their Valley hometowns to talk to kids about voting, and register 18-year-olds along with kids 16 and older, who can pre-register in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe grew up in an Earlimart, right across from a giant vineyard in the 21st Congressional District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe said she can’t understand how agribusiness can continue to vote for politicians who support Trump, who’s portrayed undocumented people as criminals and has pushed for blanket deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like cutting your arms off,” Gorospe said of Trump-supporting politicians whose districts have so eagerly used immigrant laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie Gorospe, 40, a Delano community organizer, said more young voters are connecting federal policy under Trump with their families’ lives. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kern County Farm Bureau didn’t respond to a request to talk about Trump, ICE enforcement and the election. The group’s Facebook page has multiple posts about labor shortage concerns and educational sessions on how to respond to audits of employment records ICE carries out to identify potential undocumented employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local chambers of commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have endorsed Valadao, because of his connections to “ag, energy and water,” as a press release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golespe said she thinks Trump and GOP positions on immigration are going to bring more younger voters to the polls next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen curiosity about voting in this age group like I’ve seen this year,” she said. “They’ve really connected federal policies with what’s happening here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are trying to share that optimism. Veronica Terriquez, who is a UC Santa Cruz associate professor of sociology, organized the Freedom Summer project. Research, she said, shows that kids are often “socialized” to vote and learn about candidates and issues within their family. The project is trying to address the absence of that socialization in Central Valley homes because so many kids’ parents aren’t citizens and either can’t vote or vote infrequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools, too, Terriquez said, don’t devote a lot of time encouraging voting. She said some Central Valley school administrators, worried about controversy, were initially hesitant to allow returning college students to talk with younger kids and conduct registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the high school students asked if there were concerns if she, a citizen, registered, and her parents were undocumented,” Terriquez added.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">Why Is It So Hard to Engage Latino Voters? They’re Young – and Historically Neglected\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/MenaCanvassing-1180x752.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During the 2014 midterms, turnout among all Californians eligible to vote was a record low of about 31 percent. But for eligible 18- to 24-year-olds, turnout was even worse at about 8 percent. Turnout for the young demographic in the Central Valley was even lower at less than 7 percent, according to research by the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of Southern California’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mindy Romero, director of the California Civic Engagement Project, said that beyond registration, cultivating turnout “takes deep, multiple contacts,” along with strategies that include “peer to peer” outreach and time spent in communities off the election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what one nonpartisan group, Faith in the Valley, has been trying to do in five counties, including Kern, where Delano is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re shooting to speak to between 12,000 and 15,000 voters,” said Carmen Medrano, a regional organizer for the Valley group. “We’re not from a political party, we say. We’re here about issues, like affordable housing, fair rents, making sure immigrant families are protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers are also active in the district, though they’re focused more on a state Assembly race. On their rounds, canvassers explain the union’s slate choices, which include Valadao’s opponent, TJ Cox. UFW member Nancy Oropeza, who’s working on the effort, said that canvassers have also left potted flowers with voters to remind them — when you water the flower, think about voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“I don’t like people deported for no good reason.” — Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The UFW assignment was to reach a universe in multiple towns of 16,000, face-to-face, who are Latino and infrequent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first thing we’ve been hearing from people we contact is: Trump, Trump. He attacks us,” Oropeza said. “Once they say, yes, they want to vote, you go back to ensure they’ve received their ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Delano’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, another influential institution in town — which has collaborated with the UFW to aid the orphaned Garcia children — Father Miguel Campos said the church doesn’t favor candidates in elections. But the church does believe that elections matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tell people,” he said, “that it’s a civic and Christian duty to vote.” Tomorrow he’ll find out whether they’re listening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was published in partnership with HuffPost.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "In shadow of Cesar Chavez, turnout drive seeks to engage Latinos upset over Trump’s policies.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1728427709,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 87,
"wordCount": 4048
},
"headData": {
"title": "Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District | KQED",
"description": "In shadow of Cesar Chavez, turnout drive seeks to engage Latinos upset over Trump’s policies.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District",
"datePublished": "2018-11-05T15:22:24-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-10-08T15:48:29-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"source": "The Center for Public Integrity",
"sourceUrl": "www.publicintegrity.org",
"sticky": false,
"nprByline": "Susan Ferriss",
"path": "/news/11703744/tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> small shrine with fresh marigolds and votive candles marks the spot where immigrants Marcelina and Santos Garcia \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\">were killed on March 13.\u003c/a> The couple, of Mixtec Indian origin, had emigrated to California’s Central Valley from a rural region in Mexico where family values are strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like so many other immigrants, they built a life in Delano, a city of 53,000 that’s about 140 miles north of Los Angeles. There, they worked in the world’s most productive farm industry, in its vast sea of grape vines, fruit trees and multi-seasonal crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But early that March morning, as the Garcias drove through town, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents closed in on their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attempting to evade agents, the undocumented couple sped down a country road. The vehicle went out of control and crashed into a pole and rolled over, killing the Garcias, who never knew that ICE was looking for Santos’ brother, not for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg\" alt=\"Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents. \u003ccite>(The Bakersfield Californian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Garcias’ deaths left their six children, who are not all U.S. citizens, orphaned. And in Delano — where in 1965 the United Farm Workers first carved their place in history — anger and fear about what happened has added urgency and upped the stakes for the midterm election occurring tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been huge wake-up call for the Latino community,” said Yazmin Hernandez, 22, a graduate of Fresno State University who helps legal permanent-resident immigrants in Delano apply for citizenship. “As a child of farmworkers,” she said, “I really want to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But do others agree? Hernandez and a lot of young Latinos like her — many motivated, some less so — could be pivotal to what happens in this grape-growing region with a disappointing history of voter turnout. That history explains why get-out-the-vote campaigns hoping to energize thousands of voters have been sweeping through California’s Central Valley in recent weeks, as labor groups and immigrant rights activists aim to send a message to President Donald J. Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eye of the storm: the district’s congressman, U.S. Rep. David Valadao, a Republican who has defied the odds by being elected three times in a district where Democrats hold a registration advantage and Hillary Clinton was victorious just two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Youth Get Involved\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There’s no escaping Delano’s dramatic past. Not far from the roadside shrine commemorating the Garcias, the United Farm Workers’ original adobe headquarters, “Forty Acres,” is now a national historic landmark — something few would have imagined in the late 1960s here in Kern County. A bronze plaque and other markers explain Delano’s place in a chapter of American history that still rankles some conservatives and divides people here even today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a five-year strike and a national boycott campaign for the UFW to obtain its first union contract in 1970 benefiting Mexican-American and Mexican and Filipino immigrant grape laborers. As door-to-door voter turnout campaigns tick up to Election Day, Forty Acres is a reminder that change can take root slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-160x60.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1020x382.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1200x450.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1180x442.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-960x360.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-240x90.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-375x140.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-520x195.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delano is home to Forty Acres, now a national historic landmark. It’s where Cesar Chavez and farmworkers established a headquarters in the late 1960s to fight for farm labor and civil rights. Chavez fasted in a room at Forty Acres, pictured at left, to demand rights for agricultural workers. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For frustrated Democrats, this is a crucial beachhead. Out of the 53 seats allotted to California in the House of Representatives, only 14 districts are held by Republicans in a state that’s been gradually turning deep blue for years now. Delano, 77 percent Latino, sits in one of the GOP pockets: the sprawling 21st Congressional District. The Almanac of American Politics says Valadao has won here against Democratic candidates “who have consistently under-performed initial expectations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stretching more than 150 miles northwest to southeast, the Valley district includes parts of Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern counties and a piece of the city of Bakersfield. The district is also home to a smattering of small cities, Naval Air Station Lemoore, a major fighter base, and mile after mile of crops and dairy farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in midterm elections is usually tepid compared to presidential races. But it’s the age of Trump, and California is a state where Latinos, mostly Mexican-American, are now the single largest demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“As a child of farmworkers, I really want to vote.” \u003ccite>Yazmin Hernandez, 22 \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Against this backdrop, Democrats hope that more door-to-door contact with “low-propensity” voters and “ticket splitters” will channel that anti-Trump sentiment into victories in at least a few GOP-held districts. If that happens, GOP California could shrink more and contribute to “flipping” the Republican-held U.S. House of Representatives to Democrats. But Valadao has not been alone in bucking the tide; neighboring conservative districts are held by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\"> rising conservative star Devin Nunes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats would dearly love to do better here. But even enthusiasts don’t expect turnout miracles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, Latinos are only 21 percent of those most likely to vote in elections generally, even though 34 percent of those eligible to vote in California are Latino, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But young people, especially, who are scared for their peers’ or their own undocumented parents, say there’s no choice but to hit the streets and persuade those eligible to cast ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families,” said Bryan Osorio, 22, who grew up in Delano. He explained the personal stakes for so many here during a meeting at Delano’s sole Starbucks. The coffee shop wasn’t far from where workers, swaddled in scarfs to fend off dust, were gleaning the last of this area’s gargantuan crop of table grapes to ship back East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-520x347.jpeg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Osorio, 22, of Delano, talks to an 80-year-old Delano voter. Osorio is a University of California, Berkeley, graduate running for Delano City Council to address drinking water problems and defend immigrant families. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the Garcias died, Delano police examined video and found that ICE agents had pursued the couple with lights flashing, contrary to what ICE agents told officers investigating circumstances of the chase. Police recommended Kern County prosecutors charge ICE agents for providing false information, but prosecutors disagreed that evidence supported that charge. Osorio and fellow students who were home on spring break marched with Delano high school students denouncing Trump’s aggressive deployment of ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Osorio’s immigrant parents aren’t citizens and can’t vote, he said. But he can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going back years, Republican politicians and agribusiness companies in California have acknowledged that they depend on immigrant workers, many of whom likely don’t have authentic work documents. As producers of more than half the fruits, vegetables and nuts in the country — and as the biggest dairy producers — California agribusiness interests lobbied Washington for years to legalize the labor force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen, and then Trump was elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he’d like a leadership role in vigorously challenging Trump policies, Osorio is now running for Delano City Council. He’s also vowing to address Delano’s poor water quality and stop water rate hikes burdening low-income families here. Armed with research to help him home in on infrequent voters, the recent University of California at Berkeley graduate has been knocking on doors on the West side of Delano, the Latino barrio back when Latinos were a minority and some white-owned establishments barred Mexicans from entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">The Nation’s Most Expensive Congressional Race Is in the Central Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/GettyImages-1000649560-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Other college students are backing Osorio, and they split up homes chosen as targets. When he’s not campaigning, Osorio’s working as a fellow at the American Civil Liberties Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve gotten a lot of vulgar comments from older men,” Osorio said of reactions to his campaign. “They said, ‘When I was your age I was chasing girls and partying. But my respect to you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his canvassing rounds, Osorio secured a verbal pledge of support from an 80-year-old citizen relaxing in his rose garden. A younger man in dusty work clothes shook Osorio’s hand and assured him in a mix of Spanish and English that he’d already voted “all Democrats” and for Osorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe he did,” Osorio said, as his team discussed follow up visits. Not all voters appreciated the students’ visits. As one of Osorio’s friends approached a house, he was met with: “I don’t vote. Go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Split Ticket Voters\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to see why it’s frustrating to Delano immigrant activists and Democrats that the 21st congressional district remains Republican.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sunbaked valley has some of the worst air pollution in the country and high rates of health problems like diabetes and asthma. Obamacare was a boon to many low-income residents here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district chose Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump by more than 15 points in 2016, making it one of seven GOP-held Congressional districts where the Democrat prevailed. But even though Democrats in the 21st had an estimated 16-point registration advantage over Republicans, voters returned Valadao to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families.” \u003ccite>Bryan Osorio, 22 who grew up in Delano\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like the more nationally recognizable Nunes, Valadao, 41, comes from dairy-farming roots. A bank seized Valadao’s family farm in June due to $8 million in unpaid loans, a crisis Valadao said exemplifies the travails of farmers he serves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mild-mannered man, he recently posed in Arizona with President Trump, along with Nunes and McCarthy of Bakersfield, who hopes to vault from GOP majority leader to Speaker of the House if the GOP retains control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photo op on Oct. 19 was all about irrigation water — a massive issue here. It showcased Trump signing a memo accelerating biological reviews of water systems that Central Valley farmers — and workers — hope will divert more water from California rivers bearing endangered species. Trump’s move was met here with strong approval, and there was Valadao by his side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its tight bond with agribusiness, the valley is also one of California’s most culturally conservative regions. Evangelical churches are prominent, along with conservative talk radio in English and Spanish. Some local Latino activists suggest that Valadao has benefited at the polls because some voters think he is of Mexican heritage. In reality, Valadao is of Portuguese descent, as is Nunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what gives Democrats hope for this election?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s lacerating rhetoric about Mexican immigrants has upset a lot of people, so even if they regard Valadao as moderate, Trump has further tarnished the Republican brand in California. About 62 percent of the 21st district’s residents who are eligible to register to vote are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These immigrants risk their lives to work here,” said Mexican-American Erica Cruz, 48, a self-employed hairdresser whose husband used to be undocumented. “Latinos are getting picked on. This town thrives on Latinos…Trump is putting us in a terrible position and we’re scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s irksome to Cruz because it’s plain to her that the region’s agribusiness industry — America’s farm powerhouse — has benefited from people who shoulder all the risks that come with undocumented immigration. Workers have assumed the burden of paying smugglers thousands of dollars to get them over the border, so they can take back-breaking jobs they obtain by showing fake documents that employers have no obligation to authenticate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, it’s common for there to be no bright line between documented and undocumented in towns like Delano because there are many “mixed status” families, with some members citizens, others legal residents and still others who are undocumented, “sin papales,” without papers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703757\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703757\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigrant workers are the backbone of agribusiness in California’s 21st Congressional District and other GOP-held districts in the Central Valley. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao, whose campaign did not respond to interview requests, has succeeded in part because he’s sensitive to the composition of his district, and he’s tried to walk a difficult line on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his Spanish-language website, he calls himself as an “hijo de inmigrantes,” a son of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s website also says he supports a path to legal status for undocumented people: “This will allow millions of immigrants to come out of the shadows…and raise their families without the constant fear of deportation.” But none of Valadao’s positions have gone anywhere under GOP leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed on immigration, Valadao has pointed out that he signed a petition this year designed to force GOP House leaders to allow lawmakers to vote on a series of complex immigration proposals, among them a path to legal status for Dreamers, undocumented people brought to the United States as children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The petition failed to lead to any reforms passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Delano, voters seemed either unaware of the byzantine petition process or dismissed it as window dressing to aid GOP legislators looking for Latino votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJ Cox, Valadao’s Democratic rival, told Valadao during a recent debate: “The fact is your party has control of every branch of government … and you can’t pass … an immigration bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox, 55, is a Fresno engineer and businessman who’s developed dams — he can talk water — and who’s also founded two nut-processing businesses and a series of health centers in lower-income areas. He’s part Chinese and Filipino, which he’s highlighted in this multicultural region.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Valadao has attacked Cox for living a few miles outside the 21st district — which is allowed — and for what Cox says was an “honest mistake” in claiming his Fresno home and an East Coast home as his primary address while his wife was studying in Maryland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The influential Cook Political Report predicts a win for Valadao. It’s moved the 21st district race to “likely Republican,” rather than the more equivocal “lean” or “toss up” designations given to some of California’s other contested districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox’s campaign, though, sees hope in fresh numbers pollsters might not be capturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office in January 2017, campaign workers point out, more than 30,000 additional people have registered to vote in the 21st district, more than 20,000 of them Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them,” Cox told the Center for Public Integrity after his wife, Kathleen Murphy, a pediatric intensive care physician, passed her cell phone over for a chat. On a recent weekend, she was in a Delano park with supporters who fanned out through town as part of a Democratic “blue wave” door-to-door strategy to try to coax voters to come out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joining Murphy was Cruz, the Delano hairdresser, who said that rather than just casting a ballot this year, she felt compelled to hold home meetings and to canvass along with other bilingual volunteers. She’s hoping Republican hostility to the Affordable Care Act — and Valadao’s votes to oppose and then repeal it — will also animate voters to choose Cox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she conceded, many people aren’t aware of Valadao’s votes and she’s left explaining them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must fight back,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician, is just the type of voter Cruz wants to reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview at Starbucks, where she was scrolling through her phone, Lopez said that she had voted for Hillary Clinton. She has health insurance through her job. What’s weighing on her mind these days is college affordability, which has stymied her son’s plans for a four-year college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She does care about immigration to the extent that she doesn’t want to see families “torn apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like people deported for no good reason,” she said. Farms have been losing workers because of ICE enforcement and they need workers, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as for Trump, she said with a shake of her head, “I’ve never seen a president who talks so badly about people.” Will she vote? She thinks so but wasn’t certain. She didn’t seem that excited about the kinds of races on the ballot this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political scientist Mark Martinez at California State University at Bakersfield, also in Kern County, said he thinks if TJ Cox were running in a presidential election year, his odds of defeating Valadao would be far greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them.” — TJ Cox, David Valadao’s Democratic rival\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A longtime observer of elections here, Martinez said it’s “Poli Sci 101” why more Central Valley voters don’t come out more at midterms: Just as in other parts of the country, he said, the least advantaged people are the least likely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">to believe their vote matters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have some of the poorest congressional districts,” he said. Valadao, he added, doesn’t make “any stupid mistakes” in regard to the hot-button issue of immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sowing Voter Seeds\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another Delano resident, Valerie Gorospe, 40, is a community organizer at Delano’s Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. She collaborated with a bipartisan voter-registration education campaign this past year called Central Valley Freedom Summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign sent college students from the University of California’s Santa Cruz and Merced campuses back to their Valley hometowns to talk to kids about voting, and register 18-year-olds along with kids 16 and older, who can pre-register in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe grew up in an Earlimart, right across from a giant vineyard in the 21st Congressional District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe said she can’t understand how agribusiness can continue to vote for politicians who support Trump, who’s portrayed undocumented people as criminals and has pushed for blanket deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like cutting your arms off,” Gorospe said of Trump-supporting politicians whose districts have so eagerly used immigrant laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie Gorospe, 40, a Delano community organizer, said more young voters are connecting federal policy under Trump with their families’ lives. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kern County Farm Bureau didn’t respond to a request to talk about Trump, ICE enforcement and the election. The group’s Facebook page has multiple posts about labor shortage concerns and educational sessions on how to respond to audits of employment records ICE carries out to identify potential undocumented employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local chambers of commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have endorsed Valadao, because of his connections to “ag, energy and water,” as a press release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golespe said she thinks Trump and GOP positions on immigration are going to bring more younger voters to the polls next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen curiosity about voting in this age group like I’ve seen this year,” she said. “They’ve really connected federal policies with what’s happening here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are trying to share that optimism. Veronica Terriquez, who is a UC Santa Cruz associate professor of sociology, organized the Freedom Summer project. Research, she said, shows that kids are often “socialized” to vote and learn about candidates and issues within their family. The project is trying to address the absence of that socialization in Central Valley homes because so many kids’ parents aren’t citizens and either can’t vote or vote infrequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools, too, Terriquez said, don’t devote a lot of time encouraging voting. She said some Central Valley school administrators, worried about controversy, were initially hesitant to allow returning college students to talk with younger kids and conduct registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the high school students asked if there were concerns if she, a citizen, registered, and her parents were undocumented,” Terriquez added.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">Why Is It So Hard to Engage Latino Voters? They’re Young – and Historically Neglected\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/MenaCanvassing-1180x752.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During the 2014 midterms, turnout among all Californians eligible to vote was a record low of about 31 percent. But for eligible 18- to 24-year-olds, turnout was even worse at about 8 percent. Turnout for the young demographic in the Central Valley was even lower at less than 7 percent, according to research by the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of Southern California’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mindy Romero, director of the California Civic Engagement Project, said that beyond registration, cultivating turnout “takes deep, multiple contacts,” along with strategies that include “peer to peer” outreach and time spent in communities off the election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what one nonpartisan group, Faith in the Valley, has been trying to do in five counties, including Kern, where Delano is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re shooting to speak to between 12,000 and 15,000 voters,” said Carmen Medrano, a regional organizer for the Valley group. “We’re not from a political party, we say. We’re here about issues, like affordable housing, fair rents, making sure immigrant families are protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers are also active in the district, though they’re focused more on a state Assembly race. On their rounds, canvassers explain the union’s slate choices, which include Valadao’s opponent, TJ Cox. UFW member Nancy Oropeza, who’s working on the effort, said that canvassers have also left potted flowers with voters to remind them — when you water the flower, think about voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“I don’t like people deported for no good reason.” — Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The UFW assignment was to reach a universe in multiple towns of 16,000, face-to-face, who are Latino and infrequent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first thing we’ve been hearing from people we contact is: Trump, Trump. He attacks us,” Oropeza said. “Once they say, yes, they want to vote, you go back to ensure they’ve received their ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Delano’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, another influential institution in town — which has collaborated with the UFW to aid the orphaned Garcia children — Father Miguel Campos said the church doesn’t favor candidates in elections. But the church does believe that elections matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tell people,” he said, “that it’s a civic and Christian duty to vote.” Tomorrow he’ll find out whether they’re listening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was published in partnership with HuffPost.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703744/tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11703744"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_33520",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_20717",
"news_5968",
"news_20597",
"news_1323",
"news_20191",
"news_18269",
"news_23228",
"news_20320",
"news_18142",
"news_20529"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_18975"
],
"featImg": "news_11703751",
"label": "source_news_11703744"
},
"news_11703876": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703876",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703876",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541458515000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 7052
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541458515,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Jose Antonio Vargas on Lying and Hiding in the U.S.",
"title": "Jose Antonio Vargas on Lying and Hiding in the U.S.",
"headTitle": "KQED Newsroom | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas joins us to talk about his new memoir, \u003ci>Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen\u003c/i>. A prominent public voice representing the undocumented community, Vargas’ memoir steers away from the politics of immigration and speaks candidly to his experiences of hiding and lying to get by as an undocumented person. An alumnus of Mountain View High School and San Francisco State University, Vargas returns to the Bay Area for a poignant, personal conversation on what it means to not have a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11703876 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11703876",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/05/jose-antonio-vargas-on-lying-and-hiding-in-the-u-s/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 92,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 3
},
"modified": 1541458515,
"excerpt": "Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talks candidly about the psychological toll it takes to be an undocumented person in America.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talks candidly about the psychological toll it takes to be an undocumented person in America.",
"title": "Jose Antonio Vargas on Lying and Hiding in the U.S. | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Jose Antonio Vargas on Lying and Hiding in the U.S.",
"datePublished": "2018-11-05T14:55:15-08:00",
"dateModified": "2018-11-05T14:55:15-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "jose-antonio-vargas-on-lying-and-hiding-in-the-u-s",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11703876/jose-antonio-vargas-on-lying-and-hiding-in-the-u-s",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas joins us to talk about his new memoir, \u003ci>Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen\u003c/i>. A prominent public voice representing the undocumented community, Vargas’ memoir steers away from the politics of immigration and speaks candidly to his experiences of hiding and lying to get by as an undocumented person. An alumnus of Mountain View High School and San Francisco State University, Vargas returns to the Bay Area for a poignant, personal conversation on what it means to not have a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703876/jose-antonio-vargas-on-lying-and-hiding-in-the-u-s",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_7052"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_20202",
"news_1684",
"news_20052"
],
"featImg": "news_11703890",
"label": "news_7052"
},
"news_11703637": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703637",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703637",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541430082000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541430082,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric",
"title": "Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>A record number of women are running for political office in 2018. KQED's series \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-long-run\">The Long Run\u003c/a>\" focuses on a handful of candidates from California, who are gunning for seats in everything from city council to Congress. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Betty Valencia decided to run for Orange City Council in Southern California, she never thought being an immigrant from Mexico would make her a target.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it has: Since late September, she said she has gotten emails and messages on social media asking about her legal status (she is a U.S. citizen) and her position on immigration enforcement, and she has been called a cancer and a poison. Some of the attacks have spilled over into real life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a campaign event in early October, Valencia says a woman and a man in a golf cart drove by as she was pushing her infant grandniece in a stroller. The woman pointed at her. “And then she said these words as loud as she could: ‘Trump is coming for you, Betty,’ and then they just sped away,” said Valencia, who took her words to mean deportation. “I think she was very much insinuating that I would go back to my country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrants like Valencia are among a wave of newcomers running for political office in 2018, hoping to infuse new representation into every level of government, from city council to Congress. While they’re facing challenges common to first-timers, they’re also encountering hurdles due to their immigrant backgrounds -- now more so than ever with a charged national debate around immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Showing Up for Ourselves’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More and more immigrant candidates are seeking political office, said Sayu Bhojwani, founder and president of \u003ca href=\"https://www.newamericanleaders.org/what-we-do/\">New American Leaders (NAL\u003c/a>), a nonpartisan group that trains naturalized citizens and people of color how to campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 100 first-generation immigrants are on the ballot in 2018, and many others on it are second- and third-generation immigrants of color, NAL estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that we've seen very clearly post-2016 is there's an incredible amount of energy in terms of running for office,” she said. “There's more boldness and more determination on the part of newcomer candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not the only factor in their decision to run, “the Trump administration's policies and rhetoric have been a big motivator for candidates,” Bhojwani said. “Running for office has definitely become one element of the resistance movement among immigrant leaders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhojwani started the group in 2010 shortly after Arizona passed its controversial \"Show me your papers\" law or (SB1070). She had the idea for NAL before then as immigration reform continued to fail in Congress and a growing number of anti-immigrant bills moved through statehouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt it was important we were showing up for ourselves to be the policymakers that we needed because we kept working on behalf of other candidates who were ostensibly allies but were not actually getting the job done,” she said, noting that the group’s aim was to build a pipeline of candidates “that reflect, that look like America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-eight of the group’s alums ran in 2016, with 68 percent winning; 54 of their graduates are running in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many immigrants are seeking office in California, like Republican Cristina Osmeña, who is challenging House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for her San Francisco seat, and Farrah Khan who is vying for a seat on the Irvine City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Barriers to Running\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For NAL’s participants, the three most common barriers to running for office are: markers of immigrant identity (like race, religion, legal status, appearance), a lack of money or financial network, and no political experience or knowledge, Bhojwani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the group tells would-be candidates they have what it takes. And they stress the value of their backgrounds: “That the immigrant experience is an asset rather than a deficit,” she said. “The immigrant narrative as part of the American story is a critical underpinning of our training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the case for Young Kim, a South Korean immigrant who came to California via Guam and Hawaii. A Republican running for the (mostly) Orange County congressional seat now held by retiring GOP Rep. Ed Royce. She already served in the State Assembly and if Kim wins this time, she will become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim said she \u003cem>wants\u003c/em> people to know she is an immigrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very diverse district, which I think I understand having come from all different areas,” she said. “I know how hard it is to adjust and assimilate into a new country ... I can bring all of those different perspectives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she said, her immigration policy would be shaped around what her constituents want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people will say because Young Kim is a Republican that I will go automatically with our Republican leadership or (what our) platform says,” she said “I am running as my own person because my district needs a representative who understands what our needs are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703639\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-800x512.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-1200x768.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican candidate for US Congress Young Kim, 55, (R) takes a selfie with a supporter outside her campaign office in Yorba Linda, California, October 6, 2018. Kim, who immigrated to the U.S. from South Korea in 1975, would be the first Korean-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives if she defeats her Democratic opponent Gil Cisneros in the race for the open seat in California's 39th Congressional District which includes parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. \u003ccite>( ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Image)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Alcantar, who is running for Cudahy City Council in L.A. County, talks with voters about her parents’ experiences in the U.S. as immigrants and her own as a second-generation American -- which mirror that of many in her mostly Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do not see myself getting into city council being the end game,” said Alcantar, 25. “It's just the beginning of getting more young immigrant women in office -- here in Cudahy, but also in all the region here in the southeast. We need more of our own folks in office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘I Represent Those Caravans to People’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened to Betty Valencia on the campaign trail wasn’t an isolated case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrah Khan, who came to the U.S. at three years-old from Pakistan with her mom in 1974, is one of five immigrants running for Irvine City Council this year after losing her first bid for a seat on it in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both campaigns, negative attacks falsely claimed she was associated with terrorist organizations. In her first run, those attacks were made in mailers. This time, they’ve moved onto social media, said Khan, 46, executive director of a nonprofit and interfaith council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You're running for local office and it's something that you care about ... your neighborhoods, your neighbors,” said Khan, who is Muslim and a mother of four kids. “Race and religion has no place here. ... And so when they bring this into the picture it makes you kind of think twice like, ‘Is that really how some people see you?’ Before they even get to know you, are you already judged by the way you look or by the name that you have?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another immigrant candidate in Southern California has come under similar attacks: Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar who is challenging Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter. Hunter, who is under federal indictment for misusing campaign funds, has falsely claimed that Campa-Najjar is a \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11699097/indicted-rep-duncan-hunter-calls-his-opponent-a-muslim-infiltrator\">Muslim trying to “infiltrate” \u003c/a>\u003c/span>Congress. In fact, he is a Christian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant candidates in the past have faced a lot of discrimination, said Christabel Cruz, director of national education for women's leadership at the Center for American Women in Politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're seeing, I think, more and more in this particular political climate ... discriminatory practices and language -- really hate speech in terms of characterization of immigrant candidates,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703641\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703641\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-1200x898.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-1180x883.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-960x718.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-520x389.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Valencia, a candidate for Orange City Council, says this is an email she received asking about her immigration status. \u003ccite>(Betty Valencia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As “his rhetoric increases, we are feeling it,” Valencia, 47, said of President Trump. “I represent those caravans to people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz said the backlash against immigrant candidates may also be because more of them are running for office: “The more people fighting for their representation, the stronger the resistance to that representation is going to get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s the reason a number of the immigrants interviewed by KQED said they were running: representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘There’s No One in City Council That Looks Like Me’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia said she decided to run for city council at 11:33 p.m. on April 10, 2018. That’s when the council passed a resolution saying it would seek to block enforcement of SB54 -- California’s sanctuary law -- pending a lawsuit brought by the federal government challenging it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that moment, Valencia looked at the councilmembers and thought: \"You are in my seat.\" “There’s no one in city council that looks like me,” said Valencia, who also identifies as a lesbian Latina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized that unless someone like me -- with my perspective, my experience, my background -- was sitting there, that the population we have in the city of Orange -- which we have a high population of immigrants -- would not have a voice, would not have protection or would not even be counted,” said Valencia. “I wanted to make sure that at least I could use my voice to help others not feel the way I felt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Jaya Badiga, a 44-year-old immigrant from India and naturalized citizen running for Folsom Cordova Unified School District near Sacramento, representation is a driving factor, too. But she’s shied away from saying that’s why people should vote for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These days, with everything on the national forefront, I don't want the narrative to be a school board member wants to be known for her cultural heritage. And, because there is a growing body of Indian American or cultural ethnically Indian or South Asian students, therefore we should vote for her,” said Badiga, 44. “But that is a huge part of my identity. So there has been talk in the community from some members on the board that they're glad to see representation from the community. And I reciprocate that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703640\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaya Badiga, center in white shirt, with supporters. Badiga, a 44-year-old immigrant from India and naturalized citizen, is running for Folsom Cordova Unified School District near Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Jaya Badiga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘All It Takes Is One Person to Win’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two Muslim women vying for seats in Michigan and Minnesota could become the first elected to Congress -- and that is “inspiring for people even if they lost,” said Bhojwani of NAL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest reason that we're going to continue to see a growth in the number of immigrant and newcomers candidates is because they're going to be inspired by the people who have run this year and are winning,” she said. “All it takes is one person to win to make people feel that it's possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the campaign event in the park, where Valencia said the woman threatened her, a woman wearing a T-shirt reading “Be kind” approached her: “She says she came to meet me because she supported me and because she thinks it's time that we become a more inclusive community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That -- and other support from the community -- gave Valencia hope after the troubling incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took me a little bit to regroup, to re-energize and to refocus and say that our message continues: that we're going to stay positive, that I belong here just as anybody else and that I'm qualified.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated to clarify information provided by New American Leaders on Cristina Osmeña, who isn't an alumni of their program.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11703637 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11703637",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/05/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 2087,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 50
},
"modified": 1541456227,
"excerpt": "In this charged national debate around immigration and border security, some immigrant candidates are facing anti-immigrant rhetoric and acts.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "In this charged national debate around immigration and border security, some immigrant candidates are facing anti-immigrant rhetoric and acts.",
"title": "Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric",
"datePublished": "2018-11-05T07:01:22-08:00",
"dateModified": "2018-11-05T14:17:07-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric",
"status": "publish",
"audioTrackLength": 202,
"path": "/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2018/11/LeitsingerLongRunImmigrantWomen.mp3",
"audioDuration": 188000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>A record number of women are running for political office in 2018. KQED's series \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-long-run\">The Long Run\u003c/a>\" focuses on a handful of candidates from California, who are gunning for seats in everything from city council to Congress. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hen Betty Valencia decided to run for Orange City Council in Southern California, she never thought being an immigrant from Mexico would make her a target.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it has: Since late September, she said she has gotten emails and messages on social media asking about her legal status (she is a U.S. citizen) and her position on immigration enforcement, and she has been called a cancer and a poison. Some of the attacks have spilled over into real life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a campaign event in early October, Valencia says a woman and a man in a golf cart drove by as she was pushing her infant grandniece in a stroller. The woman pointed at her. “And then she said these words as loud as she could: ‘Trump is coming for you, Betty,’ and then they just sped away,” said Valencia, who took her words to mean deportation. “I think she was very much insinuating that I would go back to my country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrants like Valencia are among a wave of newcomers running for political office in 2018, hoping to infuse new representation into every level of government, from city council to Congress. While they’re facing challenges common to first-timers, they’re also encountering hurdles due to their immigrant backgrounds -- now more so than ever with a charged national debate around immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Showing Up for Ourselves’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More and more immigrant candidates are seeking political office, said Sayu Bhojwani, founder and president of \u003ca href=\"https://www.newamericanleaders.org/what-we-do/\">New American Leaders (NAL\u003c/a>), a nonpartisan group that trains naturalized citizens and people of color how to campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 100 first-generation immigrants are on the ballot in 2018, and many others on it are second- and third-generation immigrants of color, NAL estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that we've seen very clearly post-2016 is there's an incredible amount of energy in terms of running for office,” she said. “There's more boldness and more determination on the part of newcomer candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not the only factor in their decision to run, “the Trump administration's policies and rhetoric have been a big motivator for candidates,” Bhojwani said. “Running for office has definitely become one element of the resistance movement among immigrant leaders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhojwani started the group in 2010 shortly after Arizona passed its controversial \"Show me your papers\" law or (SB1070). She had the idea for NAL before then as immigration reform continued to fail in Congress and a growing number of anti-immigrant bills moved through statehouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt it was important we were showing up for ourselves to be the policymakers that we needed because we kept working on behalf of other candidates who were ostensibly allies but were not actually getting the job done,” she said, noting that the group’s aim was to build a pipeline of candidates “that reflect, that look like America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-eight of the group’s alums ran in 2016, with 68 percent winning; 54 of their graduates are running in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many immigrants are seeking office in California, like Republican Cristina Osmeña, who is challenging House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for her San Francisco seat, and Farrah Khan who is vying for a seat on the Irvine City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Barriers to Running\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For NAL’s participants, the three most common barriers to running for office are: markers of immigrant identity (like race, religion, legal status, appearance), a lack of money or financial network, and no political experience or knowledge, Bhojwani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the group tells would-be candidates they have what it takes. And they stress the value of their backgrounds: “That the immigrant experience is an asset rather than a deficit,” she said. “The immigrant narrative as part of the American story is a critical underpinning of our training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the case for Young Kim, a South Korean immigrant who came to California via Guam and Hawaii. A Republican running for the (mostly) Orange County congressional seat now held by retiring GOP Rep. Ed Royce. She already served in the State Assembly and if Kim wins this time, she will become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim said she \u003cem>wants\u003c/em> people to know she is an immigrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very diverse district, which I think I understand having come from all different areas,” she said. “I know how hard it is to adjust and assimilate into a new country ... I can bring all of those different perspectives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she said, her immigration policy would be shaped around what her constituents want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people will say because Young Kim is a Republican that I will go automatically with our Republican leadership or (what our) platform says,” she said “I am running as my own person because my district needs a representative who understands what our needs are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703639\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-800x512.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut-1200x768.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/youngkim-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican candidate for US Congress Young Kim, 55, (R) takes a selfie with a supporter outside her campaign office in Yorba Linda, California, October 6, 2018. Kim, who immigrated to the U.S. from South Korea in 1975, would be the first Korean-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives if she defeats her Democratic opponent Gil Cisneros in the race for the open seat in California's 39th Congressional District which includes parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties. \u003ccite>( ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Image)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Alcantar, who is running for Cudahy City Council in L.A. County, talks with voters about her parents’ experiences in the U.S. as immigrants and her own as a second-generation American -- which mirror that of many in her mostly Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do not see myself getting into city council being the end game,” said Alcantar, 25. “It's just the beginning of getting more young immigrant women in office -- here in Cudahy, but also in all the region here in the southeast. We need more of our own folks in office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘I Represent Those Caravans to People’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened to Betty Valencia on the campaign trail wasn’t an isolated case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrah Khan, who came to the U.S. at three years-old from Pakistan with her mom in 1974, is one of five immigrants running for Irvine City Council this year after losing her first bid for a seat on it in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both campaigns, negative attacks falsely claimed she was associated with terrorist organizations. In her first run, those attacks were made in mailers. This time, they’ve moved onto social media, said Khan, 46, executive director of a nonprofit and interfaith council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You're running for local office and it's something that you care about ... your neighborhoods, your neighbors,” said Khan, who is Muslim and a mother of four kids. “Race and religion has no place here. ... And so when they bring this into the picture it makes you kind of think twice like, ‘Is that really how some people see you?’ Before they even get to know you, are you already judged by the way you look or by the name that you have?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another immigrant candidate in Southern California has come under similar attacks: Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar who is challenging Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter. Hunter, who is under federal indictment for misusing campaign funds, has falsely claimed that Campa-Najjar is a \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11699097/indicted-rep-duncan-hunter-calls-his-opponent-a-muslim-infiltrator\">Muslim trying to “infiltrate” \u003c/a>\u003c/span>Congress. In fact, he is a Christian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant candidates in the past have faced a lot of discrimination, said Christabel Cruz, director of national education for women's leadership at the Center for American Women in Politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're seeing, I think, more and more in this particular political climate ... discriminatory practices and language -- really hate speech in terms of characterization of immigrant candidates,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703641\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703641\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-1200x898.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-1180x883.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-960x718.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut-520x389.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Valencia_Screen-Shot-qut.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Valencia, a candidate for Orange City Council, says this is an email she received asking about her immigration status. \u003ccite>(Betty Valencia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As “his rhetoric increases, we are feeling it,” Valencia, 47, said of President Trump. “I represent those caravans to people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz said the backlash against immigrant candidates may also be because more of them are running for office: “The more people fighting for their representation, the stronger the resistance to that representation is going to get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s the reason a number of the immigrants interviewed by KQED said they were running: representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘There’s No One in City Council That Looks Like Me’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valencia said she decided to run for city council at 11:33 p.m. on April 10, 2018. That’s when the council passed a resolution saying it would seek to block enforcement of SB54 -- California’s sanctuary law -- pending a lawsuit brought by the federal government challenging it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that moment, Valencia looked at the councilmembers and thought: \"You are in my seat.\" “There’s no one in city council that looks like me,” said Valencia, who also identifies as a lesbian Latina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized that unless someone like me -- with my perspective, my experience, my background -- was sitting there, that the population we have in the city of Orange -- which we have a high population of immigrants -- would not have a voice, would not have protection or would not even be counted,” said Valencia. “I wanted to make sure that at least I could use my voice to help others not feel the way I felt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Jaya Badiga, a 44-year-old immigrant from India and naturalized citizen running for Folsom Cordova Unified School District near Sacramento, representation is a driving factor, too. But she’s shied away from saying that’s why people should vote for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These days, with everything on the national forefront, I don't want the narrative to be a school board member wants to be known for her cultural heritage. And, because there is a growing body of Indian American or cultural ethnically Indian or South Asian students, therefore we should vote for her,” said Badiga, 44. “But that is a huge part of my identity. So there has been talk in the community from some members on the board that they're glad to see representation from the community. And I reciprocate that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703640\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/JB-Backpack-drive-qut.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaya Badiga, center in white shirt, with supporters. Badiga, a 44-year-old immigrant from India and naturalized citizen, is running for Folsom Cordova Unified School District near Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Jaya Badiga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘All It Takes Is One Person to Win’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two Muslim women vying for seats in Michigan and Minnesota could become the first elected to Congress -- and that is “inspiring for people even if they lost,” said Bhojwani of NAL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest reason that we're going to continue to see a growth in the number of immigrant and newcomers candidates is because they're going to be inspired by the people who have run this year and are winning,” she said. “All it takes is one person to win to make people feel that it's possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the campaign event in the park, where Valencia said the woman threatened her, a woman wearing a T-shirt reading “Be kind” approached her: “She says she came to meet me because she supported me and because she thinks it's time that we become a more inclusive community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That -- and other support from the community -- gave Valencia hope after the troubling incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took me a little bit to regroup, to re-energize and to refocus and say that our message continues: that we're going to stay positive, that I belong here just as anybody else and that I'm qualified.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated to clarify information provided by New American Leaders on Cristina Osmeña, who isn't an alumni of their program.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric",
"authors": [
"11310"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_1323",
"news_20191",
"news_19542",
"news_18371",
"news_23726",
"news_17041"
],
"featImg": "news_11703638",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11703577": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703577",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703577",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541377458000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541377458,
"format": "image",
"disqusTitle": "Oakland's Día de Los Muertos Honors Dreamers",
"title": "Oakland's Día de Los Muertos Honors Dreamers",
"headTitle": "KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood is hosting its 23rd annual Día de los Muertos event on Sunday, Nov. 4. It's one of the Bay Area's largest Day of the Dead celebrations. Organizers say this year's event honors the day's ancestral roots while highlighting the current plight of Dreamers and immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chilean American Gonzalo Hidalgo is laying the 'tapete de arena', the ground cover of sand and seeds for his Dia de los Muertos altar honoring Dreamers and other immigrants, all of whom, he says, come with a dream and leave so much behind. He invites people in the crowd to help create the display; the central figure is a monarch butterfly. \"They take four or five generations to make it back to Mexico, and they just know where to go because it's encoded in their DNA. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maricela Sandoval of San Jose puts marigolds on the altar made by the dance group she participates in, called Calpulli Coatlicue. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Cortes, also known as Chicome Malinalli, of Oakland stands next to the photo of his deceased grandfather Mauro Cortes Rosas, whom he visited in Puebla, Mexico. \"He taught me about his native language and so many traditions.\" Cortes started a traditional dance group when he was 9 years old, called Calpulli Coatlicue to keep in touch with friends who were moving away from his neighborhood, which they considered too dangerous. He says of embracing his culture and building community, \"it changed everything\". \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maricela Sandoval of San Jose paints the face of fellow dancer, Estrella Zamudio, also of San Jose. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703595 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703596\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisette (L, 13) and sister Stephanie (R, 3) of Alameda help decorate butterflies with beans. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703597\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A doll sits imprisoned in a cage at Fruitvale's iconic Dia of the Dead celebration. This year's \"A Dream for All\" theme honors dreamers. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703599 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers during the Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703600\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703600 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018. This display features a butterfly, the symbol of migration.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703601 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial to a teen victim of bullying. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703603\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703604\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703604 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ria Lemena, 3, holds onto her marigold necklace. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703605\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not quite living or dead, this dressed up auto is part of the car show at Fruitvale's Dia de los Muertos festival. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alejandra Perez and 7 year old daughter Diana Orozco share makeup and a history of attending Fruitvale's celebration. Perez says Dia de los Muertos is an important observation. \"Son mis tradiciones; They're my traditions,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Sara Hoissaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11703577 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11703577",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/04/oaklands-dia-de-los-muertos-honors-dreamers/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 507,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 3
},
"modified": 1541377458,
"excerpt": "Organizers honored the day's ancestral roots while highlighting the plight of Dreamers and immigrants.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Organizers honored the day's ancestral roots while highlighting the plight of Dreamers and immigrants.",
"title": "Oakland's Día de Los Muertos Honors Dreamers | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Oakland's Día de Los Muertos Honors Dreamers",
"datePublished": "2018-11-04T16:24:18-08:00",
"dateModified": "2018-11-04T16:24:18-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "oaklands-dia-de-los-muertos-honors-dreamers",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11703577/oaklands-dia-de-los-muertos-honors-dreamers",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood is hosting its 23rd annual Día de los Muertos event on Sunday, Nov. 4. It's one of the Bay Area's largest Day of the Dead celebrations. Organizers say this year's event honors the day's ancestral roots while highlighting the current plight of Dreamers and immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703591\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_6996-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chilean American Gonzalo Hidalgo is laying the 'tapete de arena', the ground cover of sand and seeds for his Dia de los Muertos altar honoring Dreamers and other immigrants, all of whom, he says, come with a dream and leave so much behind. He invites people in the crowd to help create the display; the central figure is a monarch butterfly. \"They take four or five generations to make it back to Mexico, and they just know where to go because it's encoded in their DNA. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7001-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maricela Sandoval of San Jose puts marigolds on the altar made by the dance group she participates in, called Calpulli Coatlicue. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7003-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Cortes, also known as Chicome Malinalli, of Oakland stands next to the photo of his deceased grandfather Mauro Cortes Rosas, whom he visited in Puebla, Mexico. \"He taught me about his native language and so many traditions.\" Cortes started a traditional dance group when he was 9 years old, called Calpulli Coatlicue to keep in touch with friends who were moving away from his neighborhood, which they considered too dangerous. He says of embracing his culture and building community, \"it changed everything\". \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7004-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maricela Sandoval of San Jose paints the face of fellow dancer, Estrella Zamudio, also of San Jose. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703595 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7007-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703596\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7011-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisette (L, 13) and sister Stephanie (R, 3) of Alameda help decorate butterflies with beans. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703597\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7020-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7026-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A doll sits imprisoned in a cage at Fruitvale's iconic Dia of the Dead celebration. This year's \"A Dream for All\" theme honors dreamers. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703599 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7033-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers during the Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703600\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703600 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7035-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018. This display features a butterfly, the symbol of migration.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703601 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7036-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7038-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A memorial to a teen victim of bullying. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703603\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7042-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day of the Dead celebration in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, 2018 \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703604\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703604 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7044-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ria Lemena, 3, holds onto her marigold necklace. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703605\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 5184px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703605\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046.jpg 5184w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7046-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not quite living or dead, this dressed up auto is part of the car show at Fruitvale's Dia de los Muertos festival. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 3456px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048.jpg 3456w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_7048-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alejandra Perez and 7 year old daughter Diana Orozco share makeup and a history of attending Fruitvale's celebration. Perez says Dia de los Muertos is an important observation. \"Son mis tradiciones; They're my traditions,\" she says. \u003ccite>(Sara Hoissaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703577/oaklands-dia-de-los-muertos-honors-dreamers",
"authors": [
"3214"
],
"categories": [
"news_223",
"news_1169",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_20131",
"news_20132",
"news_20415",
"news_18"
],
"featImg": "news_11703594",
"label": "news"
},
"news_11703507": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703507",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703507",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541277328000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "fact-check-migrants-are-not-overwhelming-the-southwest-border",
"title": "FACT CHECK: Migrants Are Not Overwhelming the Southwest Border",
"publishDate": 1541277328,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "FACT CHECK: Migrants Are Not Overwhelming the Southwest Border | KQED",
"labelTerm": {},
"content": "\u003cp>With days to go before the midterm elections, President Trump continues to ratchet up his rhetoric on immigration. The president’s latest target is asylum-seekers, whom he accuses of exploiting “loopholes” in U.S. immigration laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a televised speech from the White House on Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/663012881/in-broad-attack-on-asylum-seekers-trump-takes-campaign-message-to-white-house\">Trump threatened to close the Southwest border to asylum-seekers\u003c/a> — including the latest group of Central American migrants making their way through Mexico — unless they present themselves at official ports of entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But refugee and asylum experts say his plan would violate \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-1687.html#0-0-0-192\">U.S. law\u003c/a>. They say the president’s remarks about asylum were riddled with inaccuracies and misleading statements intended to stoke fear of immigrants and drive the president’s supporters to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll focus here on five statements President Trump made Thursday in the Roosevelt Room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. An overwhelming influx\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The current influx, if not halted, threatens to overwhelm our immigration system and our communities, and poses unacceptable dangers to the entire nation.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The total number of migrants apprehended at the Southwest border was actually down slightly last year, to about 521,000, and remains far below the kind of apprehension numbers that were routine in the 1990s and 2000s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Trump administration argues that the current “crisis” is the result of a major shift in who is showing up at the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A generation ago, migrants apprehended at the border were largely single adults, mostly from Mexico, who could be deported relatively quickly after they were caught. Today migrants are much more likely to be coming from Central America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/660010173/u-s-apprehended-record-number-of-migrant-families-at-southwest-border\">a record number of apprehended migrants were part of family units\u003c/a>. That means they have greater protections under U.S. law. In practice, many of these asylum-seekers are released into the U.S. to await their day in court, which can take months or years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. No more “catch and release”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“These policies lead to the release of illegal aliens into our communities after they’ve been apprehended. But we’re not releasing anymore. Big change, as of a couple of days ago. We’re going to no longer release. We’re going to catch; we’re not going to release. They’re going to stay with us until the deportation hearing or the asylum hearing takes place. So we’re not releasing them into the community.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In fact, under U.S. law, migrant families who have requested asylum are not considered illegal immigrants. And they are being released in large numbers up and down the border. In El Paso, Texas, Ruben Garcia, director of a local shelter called Annunciation House, told reporter Mallory Falk of member station KRWG the shelter had received 332 people Thursday released from immigration custody and are expecting 225 more Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Arizona, Matthew Casey of member station KJZZ spoke with an official at Capellania Cristiana Llamados Para Servir, an organization working with churches in metropolitan Phoenix. The official confirmed the organization expects 90 families at two different churches on Friday and 400 more migrants from Yuma to start arriving in Phoenix late this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These migrant families are generally released to join relatives in other parts of the country and will be issued a Notice to Appear in immigration court for their asylum hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. They never show up\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Then they never show up, almost. It’s like a level of 3 percent. They never show up for the trial. So by the time their trial comes, they’re gone. Nobody knows where they are.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Actually, the majority of asylum-seekers do show up to court. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/fysb16/download\">Department of Justice statistics for the 2016 fiscal year\u003c/a>, only about 2 in 5 cases were decided in absentia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant-rights advocates say the number of asylum-seekers who do show up would be even higher if they had attorneys and more support from court staff to let them know when and where to show up. They point to a pilot program that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/629496174/alternatives-to-detention-are-cheaper-than-jails-but-cases-take-far-longer\">highly successful at getting immigrants to show up in court\u003c/a> before it was canceled by the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Abusing asylum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“This endemic abuse of the asylum system makes a mockery of our immigration system, displacing legitimate asylum-seekers — and there are legitimate asylum-seekers — while rewarding those who abuse or defraud our system, which is almost everybody. Everybody is abusing it.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Immigration lawyers say this is a wild exaggeration. It’s true that only a fraction of all asylum claims are actually successful. Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/491/\">immigration courts rejected more than 60 percent of asylum claims\u003c/a>, a number that has been steadily rising since 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration argues that rejection rate is itself evidence of fraud. But immigrants-rights advocates dispute that. They say immigration courts are supposed to decide each asylum case on its own merits and that the low acceptance rate is simply evidence that the system is working — and that asylum cases are not easy to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. It’s an invasion\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Some people call it an invasion. It’s like an invasion. … These are tough people, in many cases. A lot of young men, strong men.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The president has claimed repeatedly, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659917659/fact-check-president-trumps-false-claims-on-migrant-caravan-tax-cuts\">without evidence\u003c/a>, that the migrants include dangerous criminals and “unknown Middle Easterners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But reporters on the ground say the migrants comprise mainly women and children who are fleeing from violence and extreme poverty in Central America. Refugee and asylum experts accuse the president of fearmongering to rally his political base for the midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a “tragic irony” in portraying the asylum-seekers as a marauding army, said Karen Musalo, director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at U.C. Hastings College of the Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Individuals have come together to walk north in a caravan because the journey north for asylum-seekers has been so dangerous,” Musalo said in an interview. “These are very vulnerable individuals, desperately fleeing violence, who have come together as a group to have the protection and solidarity of each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">http://www.npr.org/\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=FACT+CHECK%3A+Migrants+Are+Not+Overwhelming+The+Southwest+Border+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Days before the midterm elections, President Trump threatened to close the Southwest border to asylum-seekers. Immigration experts say his remarks were filled with false and misleading statements.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1738109385,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 31,
"wordCount": 1057
},
"headData": {
"title": "FACT CHECK: Migrants Are Not Overwhelming the Southwest Border | KQED",
"description": "Days before the midterm elections, President Trump threatened to close the Southwest border to asylum-seekers. Immigration experts say his remarks were filled with false and misleading statements.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "FACT CHECK: Migrants Are Not Overwhelming the Southwest Border",
"datePublished": "2018-11-03T13:35:28-07:00",
"dateModified": "2025-01-28T16:09:45-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"source": "NPR",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.npr.org/",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Gregory Bull",
"nprByline": "\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/159989569/joel-rose\">Joel Rose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>",
"nprImageAgency": "AP",
"nprStoryId": "663532238",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=663532238&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2018/11/02/663532238/fact-check-migrants-are-not-overwhelming-the-southwest-border?ft=nprml&f=663532238",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:28:00 -0400",
"nprStoryDate": "Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:28:38 -0400",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:30:57 -0400",
"nprAudio": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2018/11/20181102_atc_asylum_fact-check.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1003&d=254&story=663532238&ft=nprml&f=663532238",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1663738635-9286bc.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1003&d=254&story=663532238&ft=nprml&f=663532238",
"audioTrackLength": 255,
"path": "/news/11703507/fact-check-migrants-are-not-overwhelming-the-southwest-border",
"audioUrl": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2018/11/20181102_atc_asylum_fact-check.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1003&d=254&story=663532238&ft=nprml&f=663532238",
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With days to go before the midterm elections, President Trump continues to ratchet up his rhetoric on immigration. The president’s latest target is asylum-seekers, whom he accuses of exploiting “loopholes” in U.S. immigration laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a televised speech from the White House on Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/663012881/in-broad-attack-on-asylum-seekers-trump-takes-campaign-message-to-white-house\">Trump threatened to close the Southwest border to asylum-seekers\u003c/a> — including the latest group of Central American migrants making their way through Mexico — unless they present themselves at official ports of entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But refugee and asylum experts say his plan would violate \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-1687.html#0-0-0-192\">U.S. law\u003c/a>. They say the president’s remarks about asylum were riddled with inaccuracies and misleading statements intended to stoke fear of immigrants and drive the president’s supporters to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll focus here on five statements President Trump made Thursday in the Roosevelt Room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. An overwhelming influx\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The current influx, if not halted, threatens to overwhelm our immigration system and our communities, and poses unacceptable dangers to the entire nation.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The total number of migrants apprehended at the Southwest border was actually down slightly last year, to about 521,000, and remains far below the kind of apprehension numbers that were routine in the 1990s and 2000s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Trump administration argues that the current “crisis” is the result of a major shift in who is showing up at the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A generation ago, migrants apprehended at the border were largely single adults, mostly from Mexico, who could be deported relatively quickly after they were caught. Today migrants are much more likely to be coming from Central America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/660010173/u-s-apprehended-record-number-of-migrant-families-at-southwest-border\">a record number of apprehended migrants were part of family units\u003c/a>. That means they have greater protections under U.S. law. In practice, many of these asylum-seekers are released into the U.S. to await their day in court, which can take months or years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. No more “catch and release”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“These policies lead to the release of illegal aliens into our communities after they’ve been apprehended. But we’re not releasing anymore. Big change, as of a couple of days ago. We’re going to no longer release. We’re going to catch; we’re not going to release. They’re going to stay with us until the deportation hearing or the asylum hearing takes place. So we’re not releasing them into the community.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In fact, under U.S. law, migrant families who have requested asylum are not considered illegal immigrants. And they are being released in large numbers up and down the border. In El Paso, Texas, Ruben Garcia, director of a local shelter called Annunciation House, told reporter Mallory Falk of member station KRWG the shelter had received 332 people Thursday released from immigration custody and are expecting 225 more Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Arizona, Matthew Casey of member station KJZZ spoke with an official at Capellania Cristiana Llamados Para Servir, an organization working with churches in metropolitan Phoenix. The official confirmed the organization expects 90 families at two different churches on Friday and 400 more migrants from Yuma to start arriving in Phoenix late this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These migrant families are generally released to join relatives in other parts of the country and will be issued a Notice to Appear in immigration court for their asylum hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. They never show up\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Then they never show up, almost. It’s like a level of 3 percent. They never show up for the trial. So by the time their trial comes, they’re gone. Nobody knows where they are.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Actually, the majority of asylum-seekers do show up to court. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/fysb16/download\">Department of Justice statistics for the 2016 fiscal year\u003c/a>, only about 2 in 5 cases were decided in absentia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant-rights advocates say the number of asylum-seekers who do show up would be even higher if they had attorneys and more support from court staff to let them know when and where to show up. They point to a pilot program that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/629496174/alternatives-to-detention-are-cheaper-than-jails-but-cases-take-far-longer\">highly successful at getting immigrants to show up in court\u003c/a> before it was canceled by the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Abusing asylum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“This endemic abuse of the asylum system makes a mockery of our immigration system, displacing legitimate asylum-seekers — and there are legitimate asylum-seekers — while rewarding those who abuse or defraud our system, which is almost everybody. Everybody is abusing it.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Immigration lawyers say this is a wild exaggeration. It’s true that only a fraction of all asylum claims are actually successful. Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/491/\">immigration courts rejected more than 60 percent of asylum claims\u003c/a>, a number that has been steadily rising since 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration argues that rejection rate is itself evidence of fraud. But immigrants-rights advocates dispute that. They say immigration courts are supposed to decide each asylum case on its own merits and that the low acceptance rate is simply evidence that the system is working — and that asylum cases are not easy to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. It’s an invasion\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Some people call it an invasion. It’s like an invasion. … These are tough people, in many cases. A lot of young men, strong men.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The president has claimed repeatedly, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659917659/fact-check-president-trumps-false-claims-on-migrant-caravan-tax-cuts\">without evidence\u003c/a>, that the migrants include dangerous criminals and “unknown Middle Easterners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But reporters on the ground say the migrants comprise mainly women and children who are fleeing from violence and extreme poverty in Central America. Refugee and asylum experts accuse the president of fearmongering to rally his political base for the midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a “tragic irony” in portraying the asylum-seekers as a marauding army, said Karen Musalo, director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at U.C. Hastings College of the Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Individuals have come together to walk north in a caravan because the journey north for asylum-seekers has been so dangerous,” Musalo said in an interview. “These are very vulnerable individuals, desperately fleeing violence, who have come together as a group to have the protection and solidarity of each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\">http://www.npr.org/\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=FACT+CHECK%3A+Migrants+Are+Not+Overwhelming+The+Southwest+Border+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703507/fact-check-migrants-are-not-overwhelming-the-southwest-border",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11703507"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_1323",
"news_20202",
"news_23138"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_253"
],
"featImg": "news_11703508",
"label": "source_news_11703507"
},
"news_11703330": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703330",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703330",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541207474000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "jose-antonio-vargas-hatespeech-on-social-media-week-in-politics",
"title": "Jose Antonio Vargas, #HateSpeech on Social Media, Week in Politics",
"publishDate": 1541207474,
"format": "video",
"headTitle": "Jose Antonio Vargas, #HateSpeech on Social Media, Week in Politics | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 7052,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/program/kqed-newsroom/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, Nov. 2, 2018\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">7 p.m. on Channel 9\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jose Antonio Vargas, #HateSpeech on Social Media, Week in Politics \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Week in Politics\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the final week before the midterm elections on Nov. 6, we look at the latest in key California congressional races. Also, we check in on two statewide propositions currently trailing among voters — Proposition 6, the repeal of the state gas tax, and Proposition 10, which would give cities the ability to expand rent control. Plus, the status of San Francisco’s hotly debated Proposition C, a proposed business tax solution for the city’s pervasive homelessness problem.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guests: KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Scott Shafer, Senior Editor \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Marisa Lagos, Reporter\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Guy Marzorati, Reporter and Producer \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Policing #HateSpeech on Social Media\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh last weekend and a series of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, there’s heightened scrutiny of the role social media plays in inciting violence. The accused Pittsburgh shooter posted anti-Semitic comments on Gab.com leading up to the shooting, while the man allegedly behind the pipe bombs reportedly posted threatening tweets about public officials. Despite efforts to police hate speech, many popular sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp remain fertile ground for hateful speech. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guests:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mike Isaac, New York Times Technology Reporter\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Casey Newton, The Verge’s Silicon Valley Editor\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas joins us to talk about his new memoir, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A prominent public voice representing the undocumented community, Vargas’ memoir steers away from the politics of immigration and speaks candidly to his experiences of hiding and lying to get by as an undocumented person. An alumnus of Mountain View High School and San Francisco State University, Vargas returns to the Bay Area for a poignant, personal conversation on what it means to not have a home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Interviews with Senate candidate Kevin de León, White House photog Pete Souza, and the week in Politics",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721118878,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 9,
"wordCount": 369
},
"headData": {
"title": "Jose Antonio Vargas, #HateSpeech on Social Media, Week in Politics | KQED",
"description": "Interviews with Senate candidate Kevin de León, White House photog Pete Souza, and the week in Politics",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Jose Antonio Vargas, #HateSpeech on Social Media, Week in Politics",
"datePublished": "2018-11-02T18:11:14-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-16T01:34:38-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"videoEmbed": "https://youtu.be/UCg01Y0R16w",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/11703330/jose-antonio-vargas-hatespeech-on-social-media-week-in-politics",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/program/kqed-newsroom/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, Nov. 2, 2018\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">7 p.m. on Channel 9\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jose Antonio Vargas, #HateSpeech on Social Media, Week in Politics \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Week in Politics\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the final week before the midterm elections on Nov. 6, we look at the latest in key California congressional races. Also, we check in on two statewide propositions currently trailing among voters — Proposition 6, the repeal of the state gas tax, and Proposition 10, which would give cities the ability to expand rent control. Plus, the status of San Francisco’s hotly debated Proposition C, a proposed business tax solution for the city’s pervasive homelessness problem.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guests: KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Scott Shafer, Senior Editor \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Marisa Lagos, Reporter\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Guy Marzorati, Reporter and Producer \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Policing #HateSpeech on Social Media\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the deadly synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh last weekend and a series of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, there’s heightened scrutiny of the role social media plays in inciting violence. The accused Pittsburgh shooter posted anti-Semitic comments on Gab.com leading up to the shooting, while the man allegedly behind the pipe bombs reportedly posted threatening tweets about public officials. Despite efforts to police hate speech, many popular sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp remain fertile ground for hateful speech. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guests:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mike Isaac, New York Times Technology Reporter\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Casey Newton, The Verge’s Silicon Valley Editor\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas joins us to talk about his new memoir, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A prominent public voice representing the undocumented community, Vargas’ memoir steers away from the politics of immigration and speaks candidly to his experiences of hiding and lying to get by as an undocumented person. An alumnus of Mountain View High School and San Francisco State University, Vargas returns to the Bay Area for a poignant, personal conversation on what it means to not have a home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703330/jose-antonio-vargas-hatespeech-on-social-media-week-in-politics",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_7052"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_13",
"news_248"
],
"tags": [
"news_20191",
"news_23289",
"news_21319",
"news_18543",
"news_20202",
"news_1684",
"news_20297",
"news_19177",
"news_20562",
"news_17968",
"news_163",
"news_1089",
"news_1631"
],
"featImg": "news_11703410",
"label": "news_7052"
},
"news_11703189": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11703189",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11703189",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541187258000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541187258,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Daughter of Slain Environmentalist Connects Migrant Caravan to Honduran Government's Failures",
"title": "Daughter of Slain Environmentalist Connects Migrant Caravan to Honduran Government's Failures",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>The last time Bertha Zúñiga visited San Francisco from her native Honduras was in April 2015, when she watched her mother, Berta Cáceres, walk onstage in a glittery gown \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/berta-caceres/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to receive\u003c/a> the prestigious Goldman Environmental prize, also dubbed the Green Nobel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even a year later, gunmen burst into her mother’s home on the night of March 2, 2016, and shot her to death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cáceres was an environmentalist and indigenous rights activist, as well as a 44-year-old mother of four. She had led a years-long grassroots campaign that halted the construction of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam that Lenca indigenous communities said threatened their supply of food and water in western Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter, who friends call Berthita, returned to the Bay Area this week to speak before UC Berkeley law students about her mother’s assassination and her family’s struggle to secure justice in the murder case, which has garnered worldwide attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Bertha Zúñiga stands before an image of her mother at her cousin's home in Oakland on Oct. 31, 2018. Zúñiga was scheduled to speak on a panel at the UC Berkeley Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703197\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertha Zúñiga stands before an image of her mother at her cousin's home in Oakland on Oct. 31, 2018. Zúñiga was scheduled to speak on a panel at the UC Berkeley Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A verdict is expected in coming days for eight defendants, but Zúñiga believes those ultimately responsible have not been held to account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in her cousin’s kitchen in Oakland, Zúñiga, 28, said Honduran police and prosecutors intentionally botched the investigation, and the trial would not have gone forward without an independent inquiry by international attorneys, including one from UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the murder and the obstacles to a fair trial reveal a climate of violence and impunity in Honduras that is pushing other people to flee the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If justice is not achieved with all the work we’ve done, with all the international declarations and protests, what are the chances an ordinary person can get justice?” asked Zúñiga.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"We provide millions of dollars in security assistance to Honduras every year but these same forces have been found to attack and kill environmental, labor and human rights activists.\" \u003ccite>Rep. Hank Johnson \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The murder rate in Honduras remains one of the highest in the world, despite a downward trend in recent years. Those responsible are rarely convicted, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/honduras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuse and corruption\u003c/a> are rampant among the judiciary and police. Many of the Hondurans making their way to the U.S. border in loose caravans say they are escaping that violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They know that the people who commit crimes will never be punished,” said Zúñiga, drinking coffee at the kitchen table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zúñiga had flown to the Bay Area from Honduras the day before. She was scheduled to speak Thursday at the UC Berkeley Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, on \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/international-human-rights-law-clinic/ihrlc-20th-anniversary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a panel\u003c/a> with women from Guatemala and Colombia whose family members were also murdered for their activism. Then, Zúñiga planned to catch a plane to be back in Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wants to be in Tegucigalpa when a tribunal of judges issues the verdict, which could be as soon as Saturday, Zúñiga said. A total of nine people were indicted, including an ex-military intelligence officer. The president of the Honduran company building the dam Cáceres fought, Desarrollos Energéticos, will face trial separately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has denied any involvement with Cáceres’ murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertha Zúñiga pets Luna, at her cousin's home in Oakland on Oct. 31 2018. Before her, is a report by international attorneys who investigated her mother's death and found evidence of a broad plot. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxanna Altholz, who co-directs the International Human Rights Clinic at Berkeley Law, said Honduran authorities have withheld and even erased evidence from dozens of computers, cell phones and other electronic devices during the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am very concerned this is a show trial and it’s a trial being used to shield the masterminds, the intellectual authors, from accountability,” said Altholz, who was on the team of international attorneys aiding the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertha Cáceres is not the only victim of violence against environmentalists in Honduras. A 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/how-many-more/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report\u003c/a> published before Cáceres’ death, found 111 environmental activists and land defenders were killed in Honduras since 2002, as the Honduran government issued concessions to private companies for dams, mining and other projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Silvio Carrillo, Zúñiga’s cousin in Oakland, his aunt’s murder was a tragic wake up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was living in a bubble here in the U.S.... I was missing out on the reality of what was happening in Honduras,” said Carrillo, a journalist who was born and raised in Washington D.C. Carrillo has since worked to alert members of Congress about human rights violations in Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1299/actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill\u003c/a> introduced last year by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) would suspend U.S. funding for the Honduran military and police until the Honduran government obtains verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the killings of Berta Cáceres and other activists, and prosecutes members of the military and police for human rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We provide millions of dollars in security assistance to Honduras every year but these same forces have been found to attack and kill environmental, labor and human rights activists like Cáceres without any effective response from the Honduran authorities,\" said Rep. Johnson (D-GA) in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the U.S. spent $127 million in \u003ca href=\"https://explorer.usaid.gov/cd/HND\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">total aid\u003c/a> to Honduras. About $18 million of those funds were marked for military purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, the Berta Caceres Human Rights Act of Honduras, was co-sponsored by dozens of Democrats, but failed to gain traction. Johnson plans to reintroduce the bill early next year, said Andy Phelan, a spokesman for the congressman’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrillo said ending U.S. military aid would send a message to the Honduran government that it must respect the rule of law. Until then, he said, Hondurans will continue to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents came here for the same reason four decades ago: U.S. support for corrupt governments,” said Carrillo. “They had to leave Central America for a better life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silvio Carrillo holds his business card with an image of his aunt, activist Berta Cáceres, at his kitchen in Oakland on Oct. 31, 2018. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zúñiga is now leading the organization her mother co-founded, the \u003ca href=\"http://copinhenglish.blogspot.com/p/who-we-are.html\">Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras.\u003c/a> And she, too, is now facing threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, as she and other organizers were leaving a rural community, a car \u003ca href=\"https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/detenido-un-sospechoso-por-atentar-contra-la-hija-de-berta-caceres-en-honduras/20000013-3318594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">driven by armed men\u003c/a> tried to ram her vehicle and force it off the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Zúñiga said she is determined to continue the work her mother started and honor her legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to continue to fight in defense of the rivers and land,” she said. “That is the greatest act of justice for my \u003cem>mami\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11703189 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11703189",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/02/daughter-of-slain-environmentalist-connects-migrant-caravan-to-honduran-governments-failures/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1235,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 30
},
"modified": 1541188334,
"excerpt": "In Berkeley as she awaits a verdict in the Honduran murder trial, daughter of Goldman Prize winner Berta Cáceres traces the flight of thousands to her country’s climate of violence and impunity.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "In Berkeley as she awaits a verdict in the Honduran murder trial, daughter of Goldman Prize winner Berta Cáceres traces the flight of thousands to her country’s climate of violence and impunity.",
"title": "Daughter of Slain Environmentalist Connects Migrant Caravan to Honduran Government's Failures | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Daughter of Slain Environmentalist Connects Migrant Caravan to Honduran Government's Failures",
"datePublished": "2018-11-02T12:34:18-07:00",
"dateModified": "2018-11-02T12:52:14-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "daughter-of-slain-environmentalist-connects-migrant-caravan-to-honduran-governments-failures",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/11/RomeroHonduranHumanRights.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 161,
"path": "/news/11703189/daughter-of-slain-environmentalist-connects-migrant-caravan-to-honduran-governments-failures",
"audioDuration": 148000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The last time Bertha Zúñiga visited San Francisco from her native Honduras was in April 2015, when she watched her mother, Berta Cáceres, walk onstage in a glittery gown \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/berta-caceres/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to receive\u003c/a> the prestigious Goldman Environmental prize, also dubbed the Green Nobel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even a year later, gunmen burst into her mother’s home on the night of March 2, 2016, and shot her to death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cáceres was an environmentalist and indigenous rights activist, as well as a 44-year-old mother of four. She had led a years-long grassroots campaign that halted the construction of the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam that Lenca indigenous communities said threatened their supply of food and water in western Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughter, who friends call Berthita, returned to the Bay Area this week to speak before UC Berkeley law students about her mother’s assassination and her family’s struggle to secure justice in the murder case, which has garnered worldwide attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Bertha Zúñiga stands before an image of her mother at her cousin's home in Oakland on Oct. 31, 2018. Zúñiga was scheduled to speak on a panel at the UC Berkeley Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703197\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33541_IMG_0777-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertha Zúñiga stands before an image of her mother at her cousin's home in Oakland on Oct. 31, 2018. Zúñiga was scheduled to speak on a panel at the UC Berkeley Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A verdict is expected in coming days for eight defendants, but Zúñiga believes those ultimately responsible have not been held to account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting in her cousin’s kitchen in Oakland, Zúñiga, 28, said Honduran police and prosecutors intentionally botched the investigation, and the trial would not have gone forward without an independent inquiry by international attorneys, including one from UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the murder and the obstacles to a fair trial reveal a climate of violence and impunity in Honduras that is pushing other people to flee the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If justice is not achieved with all the work we’ve done, with all the international declarations and protests, what are the chances an ordinary person can get justice?” asked Zúñiga.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"We provide millions of dollars in security assistance to Honduras every year but these same forces have been found to attack and kill environmental, labor and human rights activists.\" \u003ccite>Rep. Hank Johnson \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The murder rate in Honduras remains one of the highest in the world, despite a downward trend in recent years. Those responsible are rarely convicted, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/honduras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuse and corruption\u003c/a> are rampant among the judiciary and police. Many of the Hondurans making their way to the U.S. border in loose caravans say they are escaping that violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They know that the people who commit crimes will never be punished,” said Zúñiga, drinking coffee at the kitchen table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zúñiga had flown to the Bay Area from Honduras the day before. She was scheduled to speak Thursday at the UC Berkeley Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, on \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/international-human-rights-law-clinic/ihrlc-20th-anniversary/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a panel\u003c/a> with women from Guatemala and Colombia whose family members were also murdered for their activism. Then, Zúñiga planned to catch a plane to be back in Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wants to be in Tegucigalpa when a tribunal of judges issues the verdict, which could be as soon as Saturday, Zúñiga said. A total of nine people were indicted, including an ex-military intelligence officer. The president of the Honduran company building the dam Cáceres fought, Desarrollos Energéticos, will face trial separately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has denied any involvement with Cáceres’ murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33543_IMG_0767-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertha Zúñiga pets Luna, at her cousin's home in Oakland on Oct. 31 2018. Before her, is a report by international attorneys who investigated her mother's death and found evidence of a broad plot. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roxanna Altholz, who co-directs the International Human Rights Clinic at Berkeley Law, said Honduran authorities have withheld and even erased evidence from dozens of computers, cell phones and other electronic devices during the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am very concerned this is a show trial and it’s a trial being used to shield the masterminds, the intellectual authors, from accountability,” said Altholz, who was on the team of international attorneys aiding the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertha Cáceres is not the only victim of violence against environmentalists in Honduras. A 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/how-many-more/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report\u003c/a> published before Cáceres’ death, found 111 environmental activists and land defenders were killed in Honduras since 2002, as the Honduran government issued concessions to private companies for dams, mining and other projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Silvio Carrillo, Zúñiga’s cousin in Oakland, his aunt’s murder was a tragic wake up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was living in a bubble here in the U.S.... I was missing out on the reality of what was happening in Honduras,” said Carrillo, a journalist who was born and raised in Washington D.C. Carrillo has since worked to alert members of Congress about human rights violations in Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1299/actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill\u003c/a> introduced last year by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) would suspend U.S. funding for the Honduran military and police until the Honduran government obtains verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the killings of Berta Cáceres and other activists, and prosecutes members of the military and police for human rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We provide millions of dollars in security assistance to Honduras every year but these same forces have been found to attack and kill environmental, labor and human rights activists like Cáceres without any effective response from the Honduran authorities,\" said Rep. Johnson (D-GA) in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the U.S. spent $127 million in \u003ca href=\"https://explorer.usaid.gov/cd/HND\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">total aid\u003c/a> to Honduras. About $18 million of those funds were marked for military purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, the Berta Caceres Human Rights Act of Honduras, was co-sponsored by dozens of Democrats, but failed to gain traction. Johnson plans to reintroduce the bill early next year, said Andy Phelan, a spokesman for the congressman’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrillo said ending U.S. military aid would send a message to the Honduran government that it must respect the rule of law. Until then, he said, Hondurans will continue to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents came here for the same reason four decades ago: U.S. support for corrupt governments,” said Carrillo. “They had to leave Central America for a better life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS33539_IMG_0780-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silvio Carrillo holds his business card with an image of his aunt, activist Berta Cáceres, at his kitchen in Oakland on Oct. 31, 2018. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zúñiga is now leading the organization her mother co-founded, the \u003ca href=\"http://copinhenglish.blogspot.com/p/who-we-are.html\">Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras.\u003c/a> And she, too, is now facing threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, as she and other organizers were leaving a rural community, a car \u003ca href=\"https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/detenido-un-sospechoso-por-atentar-contra-la-hija-de-berta-caceres-en-honduras/20000013-3318594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">driven by armed men\u003c/a> tried to ram her vehicle and force it off the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Zúñiga said she is determined to continue the work her mother started and honor her legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to continue to fight in defense of the rivers and land,” she said. “That is the greatest act of justice for my \u003cem>mami\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11703189/daughter-of-slain-environmentalist-connects-migrant-caravan-to-honduran-governments-failures",
"authors": [
"8659"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_22527",
"news_23138",
"news_17041"
],
"featImg": "news_11703247",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11701936": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11701936",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11701936",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541084705000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-could-soon-lose-the-right-to-work-in-the-u-s",
"title": "Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Could Soon Lose the Right to Work in the U.S.",
"publishDate": 1541084705,
"format": "audio",
"headTitle": "Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Could Soon Lose the Right to Work in the U.S. | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 72,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>Any day now, federal immigration officials are expected to officially propose that spouses of \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/Characteristics_of_H-1B_Specialty_Occupation_Workers_FY17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-1B\u003c/a> visa holders \u003ca href=\"https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/eAgenda/StaticContent/201810/Statement_1600.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer be allowed to work\u003c/a> in the U.S. Roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/BAHA/eads-by-basis-for-eligibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">105,000\u003c/a> families are expected to be affected, most of them from India, many of them right here in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Leena Bhai. Her family of four rents a spacious but modest home in Sunnyvale. Her husband is a product manager with Google. “I came here following my husband. He had an opportunity he wanted to pursue. So I came here as his wife, and now I’m dependent on him,” Bhai explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word “dependent” rolls uneasily off Bhai’s tongue. Originally from Mumbai, she got her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Mumbai University. “I have also an MBA from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.isb.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian School of Business\u003c/a>. It’s an amazing school, and I have an amazing education. I would love to use that, if possible, here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai is allowed to work for now, thanks to a rule change that went into effect just three years ago, around the time she arrived in the U.S. She’s an H-4 EAD visa holder, the spouse of an H-1B visa holder, which means her husband’s petition for permanent residence, or green card, has already been approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband Siddharth has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their \"American dream.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband, Siddharth, has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their “American Dream.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bhai works for \u003ca href=\"https://anitab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AnitaB.org\u003c/a>, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that helps recruit, retain and advance women in technology. “I use my H-4 EAD for the betterment of the community. If that’s taken away from me, it’s a little bit of a loss to those women, too. Right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai and others like her — mostly women, it must be said — are worried the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are poised to do an about-face on H-4 EAD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, President Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> to review the H-1B visa process as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Conversation-Director-USCIS-Francis-Cissna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare public conversation\u003c/a> last August at the National Press Club, USCIS Director Francis Cissna argued Congress never explicitly gave H-1B visa spouses the right to work. “That is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it,” Cissna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His argument mirrors the one from a group of IT workers called “Save Jobs USA.” The organization \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigration.com/sites/default/files/SaveJobs-Lawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2015 over this issue, claiming the DHS is sidestepping protections for U.S. workers built into the H-1B program, specifically a limit on the number of H-1B visas that can be issued each fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, DHS maintained it had broad authority to interpret immigration law. But under the Trump administration, DHS told the appeals court it \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Save_Jobs_USA_v_DHS_Docket_No_1605287_DC_Cir_Sept_30_2016_Court_D/1?1519928167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702628 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png\" alt='\"The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,\" says Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1200x900.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1180x885.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-960x720.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-240x180.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-375x281.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-520x390.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,” says Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of political science and public policy. \u003ccite>(Infographic: Courtesy of Karthick Ramakrishnan/AAPI Data)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose is one of 132 members of Congress who \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/sites/jayapal.house.gov/files/JayapalLove_DHS_Maintain_H4_Work_Authorization_2018_05_16_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter\u003c/a> urging Homeland Security to reconsider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the nation is long overdue for a broad reform of U.S. immigration law that takes into account, among other things, the needs of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bill to do that. There are other bills that have been introduced. None of them are moving. The Republicans control every branch of government right now and they can’t do anything,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1965 law established that no individual country can constitute more than 7 percent of green cards issued in a year. The Immigration Act of 1990 caps the total number of new employment-based green cards at 140,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no other country sends as many highly educated green card applicants to the U.S. as India. Indians who applied in 2009 are just getting their green cards now, and the backlog is growing. Some Indians who qualify are waiting as long as 25 years to move through that queue. “The wait for us is nearly exponential,” Bhai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai’s daughter is 7 years old. Her son is 4. She wonders what will happen when they get old enough to apply to college and require more financial support than her husband can manage now. What happens when they turn 21, old enough to require green cards of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aside her concerns as a mother, what happens if Bhai is forced to sit out during her most productive professional years? “H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes,” \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-trumps-plan-to-forbid-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-to-work-is-a-bad-idea-89279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes\u003c/a> associate professor \u003ca href=\"https://gwst.umbc.edu/amy-bhatt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Bhatt\u003c/a> at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BHAATH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H4-EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H-4 EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are approved immigrants waiting for their number to come up. These intending immigrants are supposed to sit on their hands and do nothing, even though they also have Ph.D.s?” Rep. Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that highly skilled immigrants don’t have to work here. “They’re getting poached by Canada, because they also feel that based on the president’s behavior, his comments, and some new hostility from the Immigration Service itself, that they’re not wanted here. You know, we’re not the only game in town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Countries like Australia, China, Germany and Israel are also reaching out to frustrated Indians who don’t want to wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Trump administration does not appear to be rushing this particular rule change through. The Department of Homeland Security has pushed its decision-making timeline several times over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leslie Dellon, staff attorney with the pro-immigration nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Immigration Council\u003c/a>, said that a notice of proposed rule-making requires a review by the Office of Management and Budget first, as well as a public comment period. “We’re probably looking at 2019 before there’s going to be any action taken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leena Bhai can keep working, at least until the new year. Presuming she wants to stay.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Roughly 105,000 highly skilled Indian immigrants could soon be barred from working in the U.S.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1729029040,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 24,
"wordCount": 1219
},
"headData": {
"title": "Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Could Soon Lose the Right to Work in the U.S. | KQED",
"description": "Roughly 105,000 highly skilled Indian immigrants could soon be barred from working in the U.S.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Could Soon Lose the Right to Work in the U.S.",
"datePublished": "2018-11-01T08:05:05-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-10-15T14:50:40-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2018/11/MyrowH1BSpouses.mp3",
"sticky": false,
"audioTrackLength": 285,
"path": "/news/11701936/spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-could-soon-lose-the-right-to-work-in-the-u-s",
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Any day now, federal immigration officials are expected to officially propose that spouses of \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/Characteristics_of_H-1B_Specialty_Occupation_Workers_FY17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-1B\u003c/a> visa holders \u003ca href=\"https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/eAgenda/StaticContent/201810/Statement_1600.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer be allowed to work\u003c/a> in the U.S. Roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/BAHA/eads-by-basis-for-eligibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">105,000\u003c/a> families are expected to be affected, most of them from India, many of them right here in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Leena Bhai. Her family of four rents a spacious but modest home in Sunnyvale. Her husband is a product manager with Google. “I came here following my husband. He had an opportunity he wanted to pursue. So I came here as his wife, and now I’m dependent on him,” Bhai explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word “dependent” rolls uneasily off Bhai’s tongue. Originally from Mumbai, she got her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Mumbai University. “I have also an MBA from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.isb.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian School of Business\u003c/a>. It’s an amazing school, and I have an amazing education. I would love to use that, if possible, here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai is allowed to work for now, thanks to a rule change that went into effect just three years ago, around the time she arrived in the U.S. She’s an H-4 EAD visa holder, the spouse of an H-1B visa holder, which means her husband’s petition for permanent residence, or green card, has already been approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband Siddharth has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their \"American dream.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband, Siddharth, has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their “American Dream.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bhai works for \u003ca href=\"https://anitab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AnitaB.org\u003c/a>, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that helps recruit, retain and advance women in technology. “I use my H-4 EAD for the betterment of the community. If that’s taken away from me, it’s a little bit of a loss to those women, too. Right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai and others like her — mostly women, it must be said — are worried the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are poised to do an about-face on H-4 EAD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, President Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> to review the H-1B visa process as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Conversation-Director-USCIS-Francis-Cissna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare public conversation\u003c/a> last August at the National Press Club, USCIS Director Francis Cissna argued Congress never explicitly gave H-1B visa spouses the right to work. “That is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it,” Cissna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His argument mirrors the one from a group of IT workers called “Save Jobs USA.” The organization \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigration.com/sites/default/files/SaveJobs-Lawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2015 over this issue, claiming the DHS is sidestepping protections for U.S. workers built into the H-1B program, specifically a limit on the number of H-1B visas that can be issued each fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, DHS maintained it had broad authority to interpret immigration law. But under the Trump administration, DHS told the appeals court it \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Save_Jobs_USA_v_DHS_Docket_No_1605287_DC_Cir_Sept_30_2016_Court_D/1?1519928167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702628 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png\" alt='\"The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,\" says Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1200x900.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1180x885.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-960x720.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-240x180.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-375x281.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-520x390.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,” says Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of political science and public policy. \u003ccite>(Infographic: Courtesy of Karthick Ramakrishnan/AAPI Data)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose is one of 132 members of Congress who \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/sites/jayapal.house.gov/files/JayapalLove_DHS_Maintain_H4_Work_Authorization_2018_05_16_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter\u003c/a> urging Homeland Security to reconsider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the nation is long overdue for a broad reform of U.S. immigration law that takes into account, among other things, the needs of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bill to do that. There are other bills that have been introduced. None of them are moving. The Republicans control every branch of government right now and they can’t do anything,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1965 law established that no individual country can constitute more than 7 percent of green cards issued in a year. The Immigration Act of 1990 caps the total number of new employment-based green cards at 140,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no other country sends as many highly educated green card applicants to the U.S. as India. Indians who applied in 2009 are just getting their green cards now, and the backlog is growing. Some Indians who qualify are waiting as long as 25 years to move through that queue. “The wait for us is nearly exponential,” Bhai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai’s daughter is 7 years old. Her son is 4. She wonders what will happen when they get old enough to apply to college and require more financial support than her husband can manage now. What happens when they turn 21, old enough to require green cards of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aside her concerns as a mother, what happens if Bhai is forced to sit out during her most productive professional years? “H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes,” \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-trumps-plan-to-forbid-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-to-work-is-a-bad-idea-89279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes\u003c/a> associate professor \u003ca href=\"https://gwst.umbc.edu/amy-bhatt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Bhatt\u003c/a> at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BHAATH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H4-EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H-4 EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are approved immigrants waiting for their number to come up. These intending immigrants are supposed to sit on their hands and do nothing, even though they also have Ph.D.s?” Rep. Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that highly skilled immigrants don’t have to work here. “They’re getting poached by Canada, because they also feel that based on the president’s behavior, his comments, and some new hostility from the Immigration Service itself, that they’re not wanted here. You know, we’re not the only game in town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Countries like Australia, China, Germany and Israel are also reaching out to frustrated Indians who don’t want to wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Trump administration does not appear to be rushing this particular rule change through. The Department of Homeland Security has pushed its decision-making timeline several times over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leslie Dellon, staff attorney with the pro-immigration nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Immigration Council\u003c/a>, said that a notice of proposed rule-making requires a review by the Office of Management and Budget first, as well as a public comment period. “We’re probably looking at 2019 before there’s going to be any action taken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leena Bhai can keep working, at least until the new year. Presuming she wants to stay.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11701936/spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-could-soon-lose-the-right-to-work-in-the-u-s",
"authors": [
"251"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"series": [
"news_18211",
"news_21879"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_1169",
"news_8",
"news_33520",
"news_248"
],
"tags": [
"news_19542",
"news_20526",
"news_20202",
"news_22750",
"news_2011",
"news_23379",
"news_23395",
"news_1631"
],
"featImg": "news_11702625",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11702846": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11702846",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11702846",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541081113000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541081113,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire",
"title": "Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire",
"headTitle": "KQED News",
"content": "\u003ch2>Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday in Santa Clara County, supervisors intensely questioned Verizon executives over their so-called throttling of information – information firefighters needed to help battle the Mendocino Complex Fire.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Peter Jon Shuler\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Southern California Utility Sued Over Thomas Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Ventura County, Southern California Edison officials said on Wednesday their equipment helped start California’s second largest wildfire in recorded history, the Thomas Fire. About 2,000 people are to sue the behemoth utility company.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Stephanie O’Neil\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702314/state-penalizes-firm-that-employed-dozer-operator-killed-in-carr-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regulator Penalizes California Company Over Carr Fire Death\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Shasta County, California regulators have penalized the company that hired a bulldozer operator, who was killed battling the Carr fire.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Ted Goldberg\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702713/wheres-kamala-harris-california-senator-making-the-2020-rounds\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where's Kamala Harris? California Senator Making 2020 Rounds\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris will be campaigning for Democrats in California this weekend — the first time she's hit the trail at home since before the June primary. But that doesn't mean Harris isn't playing a key role in this year's midterm election: Harris has been hopscotching all over the Midwest and South, campaigning for Democrats, as she apparently gears up for a 2020 presidential run.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Marisa Lagos\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Troops to the Border\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump Administration has announced that it will send up to 15,000 troops from the U.S. military to the southern border to interface with 4,000 migrants in a migrant caravan, still heading north to the United States.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Kyndra Rotunda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Victim of Violence in Honduras Speaks Up on Caravan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many of the people in the migrant caravan traveling to the U.S. border say they are fleeing violence in Honduras. Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres has felt that violence first hand. Her mother, an internationally-known environmentalist, was murdered in 2016. A Honduran tribunal is expected to rule on the murder soon.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702604/california-prisons-chief-psychiatrist-says-hidden-data-exposes-broken-system-of-care\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prison Officials Manipulate Treatment Data, Says Report\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The chief psychiatrist for California prisons is accusing state officials of hiding negative data from a court tasked with improving mental health care for inmates. The doctor, Dr. Michael Golding, alleges that prison officials manipulate treatment data to mask what he calls a \"broken system of care.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Julie Small\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11702846 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11702846",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/01/troops-to-the-border/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 380,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 9
},
"modified": 1541097218,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire On Wednesday in Santa Clara County, supervisors intensely questioned Verizon executives over their so-called throttling of information – information firefighters needed to help battle the Mendocino Complex Fire. Reporter: Peter Jon Shuler Southern California Utility Sued Over Thomas Fire In Ventura County, Southern California Edison officials said",
"title": "Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire",
"datePublished": "2018-11-01T07:05:13-07:00",
"dateModified": "2018-11-01T11:33:38-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "troops-to-the-border",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/11/CopyofTCRAM20181101Podcast2.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 847,
"source": "Morning Report",
"path": "/news/11702846/troops-to-the-border",
"audioDuration": 834000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>Verizon Questioned Over Data Throttling in Mendocino Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday in Santa Clara County, supervisors intensely questioned Verizon executives over their so-called throttling of information – information firefighters needed to help battle the Mendocino Complex Fire.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Peter Jon Shuler\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Southern California Utility Sued Over Thomas Fire\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Ventura County, Southern California Edison officials said on Wednesday their equipment helped start California’s second largest wildfire in recorded history, the Thomas Fire. About 2,000 people are to sue the behemoth utility company.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Stephanie O’Neil\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702314/state-penalizes-firm-that-employed-dozer-operator-killed-in-carr-fire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regulator Penalizes California Company Over Carr Fire Death\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Shasta County, California regulators have penalized the company that hired a bulldozer operator, who was killed battling the Carr fire.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Ted Goldberg\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702713/wheres-kamala-harris-california-senator-making-the-2020-rounds\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Where's Kamala Harris? California Senator Making 2020 Rounds\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris will be campaigning for Democrats in California this weekend — the first time she's hit the trail at home since before the June primary. But that doesn't mean Harris isn't playing a key role in this year's midterm election: Harris has been hopscotching all over the Midwest and South, campaigning for Democrats, as she apparently gears up for a 2020 presidential run.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Marisa Lagos\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Troops to the Border\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump Administration has announced that it will send up to 15,000 troops from the U.S. military to the southern border to interface with 4,000 migrants in a migrant caravan, still heading north to the United States.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Kyndra Rotunda\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Victim of Violence in Honduras Speaks Up on Caravan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many of the people in the migrant caravan traveling to the U.S. border say they are fleeing violence in Honduras. Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres has felt that violence first hand. Her mother, an internationally-known environmentalist, was murdered in 2016. A Honduran tribunal is expected to rule on the murder soon.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702604/california-prisons-chief-psychiatrist-says-hidden-data-exposes-broken-system-of-care\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prison Officials Manipulate Treatment Data, Says Report\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The chief psychiatrist for California prisons is accusing state officials of hiding negative data from a court tasked with improving mental health care for inmates. The doctor, Dr. Michael Golding, alleges that prison officials manipulate treatment data to mask what he calls a \"broken system of care.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Julie Small\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11702846/troops-to-the-border",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_21998",
"news_21268"
],
"featImg": "news_11572756",
"label": "source_news_11702846"
},
"news_11702638": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11702638",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11702638",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1541023182000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1541023182,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Federal Public Defenders in San Diego Challenge Constitutionality of 'Operation Streamline'",
"title": "Federal Public Defenders in San Diego Challenge Constitutionality of 'Operation Streamline'",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>In a federal courthouse in downtown San Diego on Tuesday morning, a defense attorney argued that the U.S. district court's implementation of the fast-track prosecution program known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688241/attorneys-say-streamlined-hearings-in-san-diego-court-violate-immigrants-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Streamline\u003c/a> violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by creating a separate misdemeanor courtroom solely for non-citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kara Hartzler of the non-profit Federal Defenders of San Diego was appealing the case of Oscar Chavez-Diaz, a Mexican citizen, who was one of the first people charged under Operation Streamline after he was arrested near the border on July 11. Just two days after his arrest Chavez-Diaz was allowed to plead guilty to illegal entry in a courtroom filled exclusively with other people being charged with the same misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Operation Streamline was put in place this summer by Barry Moskowitz, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, following an upsurge in illegal entry prosecutions by the U.S. Attorney's Office under the Department of Justice’s “zero tolerance” policy, which has aimed to criminally prosecute everyone who crosses the border unlawfully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it was implemented in San Diego, federal public defenders have been objecting to the entire judicial process surrounding the expedited, mass prosecutions. But Tuesday’s arguments reflect the first major challenge to the constitutionality of Operation Streamline, which federal defenders believe is a violation of the Constitution's \"equal protection” clause. Other defendants charged with federal misdemeanors are handled together in a separate courtroom, and rarely face any jail time (the maximum penalty for illegal entry is 60 days).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no justifiable reason that we are treating people who are charged with illegal entry under a separate process and a separate court where they're not given the same rights and benefits as people in a regular court,” Hartzler told The California Report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Judge Anthony Battaglia disagreed with the argument, however. After Hartzler spoke, Battaglia delivered his decision, reasoning that “the ‘processing’ of defendant’s case by charge is not discriminatory.\" Reading aloud from his ruling, Battaglia found that the court has the responsibility to schedule various criminal offenses in the way it sees fit, and that, even in the case of the separate Operation Streamline court, \"in no way does alienage play a part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Hartzler was encouraged by the judge's order, as she believes it will help her office's appeal of this case to a higher court. The irony of arguing an \"equal protection\" case, which stems from the 14th Amendment, on the same day the president openly questioned that amendment's validity, was not lost on Hartzler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 14th Amendment is the backbone of our Constitution,” she told the California Report. “And to have an assault on it by going after birthright citizenship, or by denying equal protection on a protected basis, whether its one camp or the other its still a violation.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11702638 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11702638",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/10/31/federal-public-defenders-in-san-diego-challenge-constitutionality-of-operation-streamline/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 504,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 10
},
"modified": 1541023182,
"excerpt": "Operation Streamline was put in place by district judges this summer following an upsurge in illegal entry prosecutions under the Department of Justice’s “zero tolerance” policy.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Operation Streamline was put in place by district judges this summer following an upsurge in illegal entry prosecutions under the Department of Justice’s “zero tolerance” policy.",
"title": "Federal Public Defenders in San Diego Challenge Constitutionality of 'Operation Streamline' | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Federal Public Defenders in San Diego Challenge Constitutionality of 'Operation Streamline'",
"datePublished": "2018-10-31T14:59:42-07:00",
"dateModified": "2018-10-31T14:59:42-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "federal-public-defenders-in-san-diego-challenge-constitutionality-of-operation-streamline",
"status": "publish",
"nprByline": "\u003cstrong>Max Rivlin-Nadler\u003c/strong>",
"audioTrackLength": 108,
"path": "/news/11702638/federal-public-defenders-in-san-diego-challenge-constitutionality-of-operation-streamline",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/10/TCRAM20181031RivlinNadlerOperationStreamline.mp3",
"audioDuration": 124000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a federal courthouse in downtown San Diego on Tuesday morning, a defense attorney argued that the U.S. district court's implementation of the fast-track prosecution program known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688241/attorneys-say-streamlined-hearings-in-san-diego-court-violate-immigrants-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Streamline\u003c/a> violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by creating a separate misdemeanor courtroom solely for non-citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kara Hartzler of the non-profit Federal Defenders of San Diego was appealing the case of Oscar Chavez-Diaz, a Mexican citizen, who was one of the first people charged under Operation Streamline after he was arrested near the border on July 11. Just two days after his arrest Chavez-Diaz was allowed to plead guilty to illegal entry in a courtroom filled exclusively with other people being charged with the same misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Operation Streamline was put in place this summer by Barry Moskowitz, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, following an upsurge in illegal entry prosecutions by the U.S. Attorney's Office under the Department of Justice’s “zero tolerance” policy, which has aimed to criminally prosecute everyone who crosses the border unlawfully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it was implemented in San Diego, federal public defenders have been objecting to the entire judicial process surrounding the expedited, mass prosecutions. But Tuesday’s arguments reflect the first major challenge to the constitutionality of Operation Streamline, which federal defenders believe is a violation of the Constitution's \"equal protection” clause. Other defendants charged with federal misdemeanors are handled together in a separate courtroom, and rarely face any jail time (the maximum penalty for illegal entry is 60 days).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no justifiable reason that we are treating people who are charged with illegal entry under a separate process and a separate court where they're not given the same rights and benefits as people in a regular court,” Hartzler told The California Report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Judge Anthony Battaglia disagreed with the argument, however. After Hartzler spoke, Battaglia delivered his decision, reasoning that “the ‘processing’ of defendant’s case by charge is not discriminatory.\" Reading aloud from his ruling, Battaglia found that the court has the responsibility to schedule various criminal offenses in the way it sees fit, and that, even in the case of the separate Operation Streamline court, \"in no way does alienage play a part.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Hartzler was encouraged by the judge's order, as she believes it will help her office's appeal of this case to a higher court. The irony of arguing an \"equal protection\" case, which stems from the 14th Amendment, on the same day the president openly questioned that amendment's validity, was not lost on Hartzler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 14th Amendment is the backbone of our Constitution,” she told the California Report. “And to have an assault on it by going after birthright citizenship, or by denying equal protection on a protected basis, whether its one camp or the other its still a violation.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11702638/federal-public-defenders-in-san-diego-challenge-constitutionality-of-operation-streamline",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11702638"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_4486"
],
"featImg": "news_11684315",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11702616": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11702616",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11702616",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1540991531000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1540991531,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis",
"title": "Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis",
"headTitle": "KQED News",
"content": "\u003ch2>Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the past year, Orange County has increasingly struggled with a homelessness crisis: tent cities, eviction, federal lawsuits, protests, political fighting and a rise of nimbyism. Now, county officials are about to comply with a federal order to find better solutions for homelessness.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Michelle Wiley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Public Defenders Challenge Prosecution of Immigrants in San Diego\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At a U.S. district court in San Diego, federal public defenders challenged the constitutionality of \"Operation Streamline,\" an initiative that represents a new way of prosecuting immigrants who cross the border illegally. The attorneys who defend those immigrants told a judge the federal program has to go.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Max Rivlin-Nadler\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Los Angeles Braces for Possible Teacher Strike\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the failure of mediation talks earlier this month, a teachers strike in the country's second-largest school district looks increasingly possible. L.A. Unified is sending out pamphlets warning families of a possible strike.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Saul Gonzalez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1933831/kepler-telescope-declared-dead-after-nearly-a-decade-of-finding-distant-worlds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA's Kepler Telescope Signs Off After a Decade in Space\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The planet-hunting space telescope Kepler has retired. After nearly 10 years on the job, it ran out of fuel yesterday and has gone quiet.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Danielle Venton\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11700626/proposition-5-renews-californias-debate-over-property-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 5 Renews California's Debate Over Property Taxes\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California passed the controversial Proposition 13 back in 1978. The bill set strong restrictions around property taxes and made it difficult for legislators to raise them. A new proposition on the November ballot would extend those protections, allowing homeowners to transfer their property tax rate to their new homes.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Scott Shafer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Classic Video Games Can Help People Achieve Flow State\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Are video games bad for us? Or can they actually help people relieve stress and anxiety? UC Riverside psychology professor Kate Sweeny says games like Tetris can help people achieve a state of relaxed focus called flow.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Kate Sweeny\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11702616 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11702616",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/10/31/orange-county-faces-federal-order-to-solve-homeless-crisis/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 313,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 8
},
"modified": 1541037649,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis Over the past year, Orange County has increasingly struggled with a homelessness crisis: tent cities, eviction, federal lawsuits, protests, political fighting and a rise of nimbyism. Now, county officials are about to comply with a federal order to find better solutions for homelessness. Reporter: Michelle Wiley",
"title": "Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis",
"datePublished": "2018-10-31T06:12:11-07:00",
"dateModified": "2018-10-31T19:00:49-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "orange-county-faces-federal-order-to-solve-homeless-crisis",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/10/TCRAM20181031Podcast2.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 859,
"source": "Morning Report",
"path": "/news/11702616/orange-county-faces-federal-order-to-solve-homeless-crisis",
"audioDuration": 875000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>Orange County Faces Federal Order to Solve Homeless Crisis\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the past year, Orange County has increasingly struggled with a homelessness crisis: tent cities, eviction, federal lawsuits, protests, political fighting and a rise of nimbyism. Now, county officials are about to comply with a federal order to find better solutions for homelessness.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Michelle Wiley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Public Defenders Challenge Prosecution of Immigrants in San Diego\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At a U.S. district court in San Diego, federal public defenders challenged the constitutionality of \"Operation Streamline,\" an initiative that represents a new way of prosecuting immigrants who cross the border illegally. The attorneys who defend those immigrants told a judge the federal program has to go.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Max Rivlin-Nadler\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Los Angeles Braces for Possible Teacher Strike\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the failure of mediation talks earlier this month, a teachers strike in the country's second-largest school district looks increasingly possible. L.A. Unified is sending out pamphlets warning families of a possible strike.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Saul Gonzalez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1933831/kepler-telescope-declared-dead-after-nearly-a-decade-of-finding-distant-worlds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA's Kepler Telescope Signs Off After a Decade in Space\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The planet-hunting space telescope Kepler has retired. After nearly 10 years on the job, it ran out of fuel yesterday and has gone quiet.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Danielle Venton\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11700626/proposition-5-renews-californias-debate-over-property-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 5 Renews California's Debate Over Property Taxes\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California passed the controversial Proposition 13 back in 1978. The bill set strong restrictions around property taxes and made it difficult for legislators to raise them. A new proposition on the November ballot would extend those protections, allowing homeowners to transfer their property tax rate to their new homes.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Scott Shafer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Classic Video Games Can Help People Achieve Flow State\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Are video games bad for us? Or can they actually help people relieve stress and anxiety? UC Riverside psychology professor Kate Sweeny says games like Tetris can help people achieve a state of relaxed focus called flow.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Kate Sweeny\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11702616/orange-county-faces-federal-order-to-solve-homeless-crisis",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"categories": [
"news_18540",
"news_1169",
"news_6188",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_21998",
"news_21268"
],
"featImg": "news_11572756",
"label": "source_news_11702616"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"radioSearchSegmentsReducer": {},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/news?category=immigration": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 1308,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 2356,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_11680868",
"news_11703744",
"news_11703876",
"news_11703637",
"news_11703577",
"news_11703507",
"news_11703330",
"news_11703189",
"news_11701936",
"news_11702846",
"news_11702638",
"news_11702616"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news_category_immigration": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_1169": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1169",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1169",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Immigration",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Immigration Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1180,
"slug": "immigration",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/immigration"
},
"source_news_11703744": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11703744",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "The Center for Public Integrity",
"link": "www.publicintegrity.org",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11703507": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11703507",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "NPR",
"link": "https://www.npr.org/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11702846": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11702846",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "Morning Report",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11702616": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11702616",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "Morning Report",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive",
"isLoading": false
},
"news_72": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_72",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "72",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/TCR-2-Logo-Web-Banners-03.png",
"name": "The California Report",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "The California Report Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6969,
"slug": "the-california-report",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/the-california-report"
},
"news_18540": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18540",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18540",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Education",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Education Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2595,
"slug": "education",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/education"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_13": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_13",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "13",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 13,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/politics"
},
"news_20191": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20191",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20191",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "election 2018",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "election 2018 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20208,
"slug": "election-2018",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/election-2018"
},
"news_24446": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_24446",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "24446",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "local 2018",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "local 2018 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 24463,
"slug": "local-2018",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/local-2018"
},
"news_38": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_38",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "38",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 58,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-francisco"
},
"news_123": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_123",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "123",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco School Board",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco School Board Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 127,
"slug": "san-francisco-school-board",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-francisco-school-board"
},
"news_17041": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17041",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17041",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "the-california-report-featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "the-california-report-featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17067,
"slug": "the-california-report-featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/the-california-report-featured"
},
"news_244": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_244",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "244",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "undocumented immigrants",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "undocumented immigrants Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 252,
"slug": "undocumented-immigrants",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/undocumented-immigrants"
},
"news_2027": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2027",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2027",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "voting",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "voting Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2042,
"slug": "voting",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/voting"
},
"news_6188": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/law-and-justice"
},
"news_33520": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33520",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33520",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Podcast",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Podcast Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33537,
"slug": "podcast",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/podcast"
},
"news_20717": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20717",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20717",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "David Valadao",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "David Valadao Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20734,
"slug": "david-valadao",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/david-valadao"
},
"news_5968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Delano",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Delano Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5992,
"slug": "delano",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/delano"
},
"news_20597": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20597",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20597",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Devin Nunes",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Devin Nunes Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20614,
"slug": "devin-nunes",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/devin-nunes"
},
"news_1323": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1323",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1323",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Donald Trump",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Donald Trump Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1335,
"slug": "donald-trump",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/donald-trump"
},
"news_18269": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18269",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18269",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "farmworkers",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "farmworkers Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18303,
"slug": "farmworkers",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/farmworkers"
},
"news_23228": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23228",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23228",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "House 2018",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "House 2018 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23245,
"slug": "house-2018",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/house-2018"
},
"news_20320": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20320",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20320",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kern county",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kern county Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20337,
"slug": "kern-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kern-county"
},
"news_18142": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18142",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18142",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Latinos",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Latinos Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18176,
"slug": "latinos",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/latinos"
},
"news_20529": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20529",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20529",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20546,
"slug": "u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement"
},
"news_18975": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18975",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18975",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Center for Public Integrity",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Center for Public Integrity Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18992,
"slug": "center-for-public-integrity",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/affiliate/center-for-public-integrity"
},
"news_7052": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_7052",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "7052",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {
"ogImgId": {
"data": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_117396"
}
}
},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/KQED-Newsroom-Logo-Web-Banners-051.png",
"name": "KQED Newsroom",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": "KQED Newsroom",
"ogImgId": "news_117396",
"twDescription": null,
"description": "KQED Newsroom airs every Friday on KQED-9",
"title": "KQED Newsroom | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": "KQED Newsroom is our weekly show highlighting the issues that matter most to the people of Northern California."
},
"ttid": 7078,
"slug": "kqed-newsroom",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/kqed-newsroom"
},
"news_20202": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20202",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20202",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "immigration",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "immigration Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20219,
"slug": "immigration",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/immigration"
},
"news_1684": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1684",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1684",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Jose Antonio Vargas",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Jose Antonio Vargas Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1696,
"slug": "jose-antonio-vargas",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/jose-antonio-vargas"
},
"news_20052": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20052",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20052",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "KQED Newsroom Segments",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "KQED Newsroom Segments Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20069,
"slug": "kqed-newsroom-video",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kqed-newsroom-video"
},
"news_19542": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19542",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19542",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19559,
"slug": "featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/featured"
},
"news_18371": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18371",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18371",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "orange county",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "orange county Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18405,
"slug": "orange-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/orange-county"
},
"news_23726": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23726",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23726",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "The Long Run",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "The Long Run Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23743,
"slug": "the-long-run",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/the-long-run"
},
"news_223": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_223",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "223",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Arts and Culture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Arts and Culture Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 231,
"slug": "arts-and-culture",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/arts-and-culture"
},
"news_20131": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20131",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20131",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Day of the Dead",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Day of the Dead Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20148,
"slug": "day-of-the-dead",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/day-of-the-dead"
},
"news_20132": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20132",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20132",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Dia de Los Muertos",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Dia de Los Muertos Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20149,
"slug": "dia-de-los-muertos",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/dia-de-los-muertos"
},
"news_20415": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20415",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20415",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "dreamers",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "dreamers Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20432,
"slug": "dreamers",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/dreamers"
},
"news_23138": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23138",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23138",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "migrant caravan",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "migrant caravan Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23155,
"slug": "migrant-caravan",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/migrant-caravan"
},
"news_253": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_253",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "253",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "NPR",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "KQED is the NPR station for the Bay Area, providing award-winning news, programming, and community engagement.",
"title": "NPR Archives - Get the Latest News and Reports from California | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 7083,
"slug": "npr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/affiliate/npr"
},
"news_248": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_248",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "248",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Technology",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Technology Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 256,
"slug": "technology",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/technology"
},
"news_23289": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23289",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23289",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Guy Marzorati",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Guy Marzorati Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23306,
"slug": "guy-marzorati",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/guy-marzorati"
},
"news_21319": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21319",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21319",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "hate speech",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "hate speech Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21336,
"slug": "hate-speech",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/hate-speech"
},
"news_18543": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18543",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18543",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 466,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/health"
},
"news_20297": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20297",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20297",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/KQED-Newsroom-Logo-Web-Banners-051.png",
"name": "KQED Newsroom Full Episodes",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "KQED Newsroom Full Episodes Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20314,
"slug": "kqed-newsroom-episode",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kqed-newsroom-episode"
},
"news_19177": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19177",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19177",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kqed-newsroom-featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kqed-newsroom-featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19194,
"slug": "kqed-newsroom-featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/kqed-newsroom-featured"
},
"news_20562": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20562",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20562",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Marisa Lagos",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Marisa Lagos Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20579,
"slug": "marisa-lagos",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/marisa-lagos"
},
"news_17968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 18002,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/politics"
},
"news_163": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_163",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "163",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Scott Shafer",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Scott Shafer Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 170,
"slug": "scott-shafer",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/scott-shafer"
},
"news_1089": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1089",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1089",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "social media",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "social media Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1100,
"slug": "social-media",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/social-media"
},
"news_1631": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1631",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1631",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Technology",
"slug": "technology",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Technology | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 1643,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/technology"
},
"news_22527": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22527",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22527",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Honduras",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Honduras Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22544,
"slug": "honduras",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/honduras"
},
"news_18211": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18211",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18211",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/ImmShiftFeat1.jpg",
"name": "Immigrant Shift: The Changing California Workforce",
"description": "\u003ch1>\u003cstrong>Immigrant Shift\u003c/strong>\u003c/h1>\r\n\u003ch2>The Changing California Workforce\u003c/h2>\r\n\r\nCalifornia has the seventh-largest economy in the world, and immigrants have a long history in building that prosperity. Today, one out of every three working people in California is an immigrant – and their share has grown in recent decades. Our economy is shaped by these workers and entrepreneurs – 6 million people who’ve found a job in the Golden State.\r\n\r\nIn our series “Immigrant Shift,” KQED and The California Report will explore the work they do, the challenges they face and the policies that affect them. How California's immigrant workers actually fare will mean a lot for the state's future.",
"taxonomy": "series",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Immigrant Shift The Changing California Workforce California has the seventh-largest economy in the world, and immigrants have a long history in building that prosperity. Today, one out of every three working people in California is an immigrant – and their share has grown in recent decades. Our economy is shaped by these workers and entrepreneurs – 6 million people who’ve found a job in the Golden State. In our series “Immigrant Shift,” KQED and The California Report will explore the work they do, the challenges they face and the policies that affect them. How California's immigrant workers actually fare will mean a lot for the state's future.",
"title": "Immigrant Shift: The Changing California Workforce Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18245,
"slug": "california-immigrants-at-work",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/series/california-immigrants-at-work"
},
"news_21879": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21879",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21879",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/interstate-1920x1080-tight-crop.jpg",
"name": "The California Dream",
"description": "\u003ch1>The California Dream\u003c/h1>\r\nYou became a Californian because someone in your family believed in a dream. A strong public education. The promise of a job. The weather. (Ahhh, the weather.) In its long history, the California Dream has meant different things to different people. Today, the state’s identity is in marked contrast to the rest of the country. The dream may still be alive, but it’s challenged at every corner.\r\n\r\nWhat does it mean today?\r\n\r\nKQED and mission-driven media organizations around the state will explore the California Dream starting this year. Reporters and producers will tell the personal stories and discuss the ideas that make up the history, future and current state of the California Dream.\r\n\r\nIs the dream still attainable for most people who live here? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11671006/what-was-your-familys-california-dream\">\u003cstrong>Tell us your California Dream story\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11671006/what-was-your-familys-california-dream\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11660152\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1-800x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"219\" />\u003c/a>",
"taxonomy": "series",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "The California Dream You became a Californian because someone in your family believed in a dream. A strong public education. The promise of a job. The weather. (Ahhh, the weather.) In its long history, the California Dream has meant different things to different people. Today, the state’s identity is in marked contrast to the rest of the country. The dream may still be alive, but it’s challenged at every corner. What does it mean today? KQED and mission-driven media organizations around the state will explore the California Dream starting this year. Reporters and producers will tell the personal stories and discuss the ideas that make up the history, future and current state of the California Dream. Is the dream still attainable for most people who live here? Tell us your California Dream story.",
"title": "The California Dream Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21896,
"slug": "californiadream",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/series/californiadream"
},
"news_1758": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1758",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1758",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Economy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Full coverage of the economy",
"title": "Economy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2648,
"slug": "economy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/economy"
},
"news_20526": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20526",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20526",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "H-1B visas",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "H-1B visas Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20543,
"slug": "h-1b-visas",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/h-1b-visas"
},
"news_22750": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22750",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22750",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Indians",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Indians Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22767,
"slug": "indians",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/indians"
},
"news_2011": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2011",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2011",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Rachael Myrow",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Rachael Myrow Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2026,
"slug": "rachael-myrow-2",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/rachael-myrow-2"
},
"news_23379": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23379",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23379",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "svculture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "svculture Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23396,
"slug": "svculture",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/svculture"
},
"news_23395": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_23395",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "23395",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "SVfeature",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "SVfeature Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 23412,
"slug": "svfeature",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/svfeature"
},
"news_19906": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19906",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19906",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19923,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/environment"
},
"news_21998": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21998",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21998",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "TCRAM",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "TCRAM Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22015,
"slug": "tcram",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcram"
},
"news_21268": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21268",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21268",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tcrarchive",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcrarchive Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21285,
"slug": "tcrarchive",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcrarchive"
},
"news_4486": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4486",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4486",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Diego",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Diego Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4505,
"slug": "san-diego",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-diego"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
}
}
