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Episode:

More Pandemic Restrictions Lifted in California

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:17:41
Publish Date: 2021-04-05 16:27:42
Description:

L.A. County is the latest to move into the state's less restrictive orange tier for reopening. Meanwhile, concerts, theater performances and other indoor gatherings will be allowed with restrictions beginning April 15.

Reporter: Michelle Wiley, KQED

Across the country, members of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities continue to speak out against a spike in violence targeting them. 

Guests: Myrla Baldonado, organizer at L.A.'s Filipino Workers Center, Hypein Im, President and CEO of Faith and Community Empowerment

California is home to an estimated 900,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Many are now waiting for the Senate to pass legislation that would offer them a path to citizenship.

Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED 


At the start of the pandemic, Congress passed an emergency expansion of food stamps, but it was blocked by the Trump administration. Participants in California sued and now, the Biden administration said it will settle the suit, and send out extra benefits. 

Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED 

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