“Our obligation as Jews is to bear witness when we see injustice anywhere,” says Rabbi Bonnie Margulis of Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice. She recently made a trip to the U.S.–Mexico border to visit a migrant shelter in Juárez, a detention center in New Mexico, a criminal court proceeding, and the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy […]
Split Show: Housing and Immigrant Justice
It’s Madison’s biggest move-in/move-out week of the year, so we first turn our attention to all things house: tenant rights and tips for renters, landlords and repairs, evictions and affordable housing, getting your deposit back, and more. Our guests are from the Tenant Resource Center: Erica Lopez, housing attorney and board director, and housing director […]
Split Show: Driver Licenses for All and Bus Rapid Transit
On today’s show, we focus on transportation access from two different angles: the Driver Licenses for All movement and Madison’s ongoing study of a bus rapid transit system. Our first guest is Diana Perez, lead organizer of the Madison chapter of Voces de la Frontera, to discuss some of the organization’s recent initiatives, including Driver […]
Deportation, Immigrant Rights, and Sanctuary with Rachel Buff
Today on the show, guest host Nan Enstad talks border politics, deportation, immigrant rights, and sanctuary with Rachel Buff, author of Against the Deportation Terror: Organizing for Immigrant Rights in the Twentieth Century. Rachel Buff is a professor of history and director of the Cultures and Communities program at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is […]
Split Show: Asian Refugees and Border Updates
We’ve got a full line-up today! We start the episode by talking to Kabzuag Vaj, co-founder of Freedom, Inc, about the situation for Asian immigrants and refugees in Wisconsin and the U.S. Then, we turn to the southern border for updates on the migrant caravan and detention of children with José Luis Granados Ceja and Laura […]
Trump’s Immigration Policy Enforcement Could Double Price of Mil...
A gallon of conventionally-produced milk currently costs around three dollars. That price could rise to as high as six dollars a gallon if President Donald Trump succeeds in his promise to deport all undocumented immigrants in the United States. That’s because the dairy industry, in Wisconsin and elsewhere, depends heavily on workers from Mexico and […]
