Our Undocumented & LGBTQ series continues as we spend the hour with Giuliani Alvarenga on the challenges faced by LGBTQ migrants in their asylum cases, the supreme court decision on TPS, and recent comments by the Biden administration on immigration. Giuliani Alvarenga is a freelance writer for thebody.com and a law student @ Louisiana State University.
June 4th, 2021: Undocumented & LGBTQ pt 9
In our latest installment of our Undocumented & LGBTQ series, LMC co-producer Abby Roberts spends the hour with both Karma Chavez & Bamby Salcedo on the challenges faced by trans/queer migration. Karma Chavez is a queer Chicana feminist and author of, “Queer Migration Politics.” Bamby Salcedo is an advocate, organizer, and the founder of the TransLatin@ Coalition in Los Angeles.
May 7th, 2021: Judiciary Coup in El Salvador
Following a judiciary coup in El Salvador led by president Nayib Bukele and his Nuevas Ideas party, the LMC speaks with Salvadoran journalist Jose Luis Sanz to discuss the authoritarian direction the country has taken. Jose Luis Sanz is an investigative journalist and Washington correspondent for El Faro.