Week # Air Date, 4/10/2006

Segment #1: 2-WAY: DJ EL PIOLIN

Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with DJ El Piolin about how Spanish language DJs are affective in getting support during the recent immigration rallies. (Self-contained 4:13)

Segment #2: BUSINESS BOYCOTT

I wonder if any senators changed their votes when they saw the throngs of people marching on TV...maybe, just for a minute, one senator might have imagined how many of those protestors would be showing up to vote in the next election year. Latino activists took their message to the streets, with a mass mobilization that was reminiscent of the Civil Rights era- but this is a new generation of protestors. The waves of protests could not be ignored, and helped make the legislation the senate is working on more immigrant friendly bill than the strict bill that passed the house. Now, immigrant rights groups are talking about using another tried and true tactic.. .the boycott...to influence congress as it hammers out the ' details of immigration reform in the weeks to come. Latino USA's Patricia Guadalupe has our report. (3:06)

Segment #3; 2-WAY: DR. ROBERT PASTOR

Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with American University professor, Dr. Robert Pastor about the economic solutions to immigration. (Self-contained 4:50)

Segment #4: MAYWOOD

South of downtown Los Angeles there's a belt of half a dozen cities that are around 95 percent Latino. Earlier this year elected officials in several of those cities voted to oppose the controversial Sensenbrenner immigration bill, when it was passed by the house. A few city council members went further. They said their towns should be designated sanctuaries for the undocumented, and instructed police to roll back enforcement of certain offenses. From member station KPCC, Adolfo Guzman Lopez reports. (3:33)

Segment #5: WWII PLAY: VOICES OF VALOR

The men and women who lived and fought through World War II have been called 'The Greatest Generation.' But despite numerous books, films and documentaries, Latinos have remained nearly invisible to that war effort. Many are surprised to learn that 500,000 Latinos served in the military during World War II. Their participation in the war is the subject of a new play, based on an oral history project at the University of Texas. Latino USA's Alex Avila has our story. (5:22)