New America Now: Deporting "Pedro", LGBT Immigrants, Oscar Grant Verdict Fallout

New America Now: Deporting "Pedro", LGBT Immigrants, Oscar Grant Verdict Fallout

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Sandip Roy talks to:

Ethnic Media Watch:
Anthony Advincula and Mai Der Vang join us to discuss the anti-immigration fervor that has spawned expression t-shirts with the slogan "Deport Pedro," and a close look at how the Asian American ethnic media covered the Oscar Grant case.

This week's stories:
Franken says Laos Trip Useful But Disappointed with Lack of Access
‘Deport Pedro’: The right wing’s derogatory attack on Hispanics
Snowmaking approval disappoints reservation residents


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Dori Maynard, president of the Maynard Institute in Oakland, joins us to discuss how the media coverage on the Oakland protests made it seems like Oakland was on trial instead of Johannes Mehserle after the verdict on his trial was read last week.


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George Chamales joins us to talk about his use of a mapping software to pinpoint the protests and events that occurred on July 8th in Oakland after the verdict on Mehserle was read.


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Amos Lim, the Co-Founder of Out4Immigration, joins us to discuss the barriers that more than 36,000 binational LGBT couples face due to the immigration laws in the US.


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Inga Buchbinder talks to:

Judy Rickard and Joe Smith are both part of same sex couples and their partners are not US citizens. Both Judy and Joe join us in studio to talk about how their lives and relationships are effected by the hurdles and hoops they have to jump through to live with the person they love.


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