NEWS RUNDOWN. A look at the news stories of the week, including the latest on the immigration reform debate in the U.S. Senate, where there is a showdown about toughening border security and imposing more restrictions on the path to citizenship. The program also includes comments that listeners have submitted on recently discussed topics, such as insecurity in Western Mexico, tribal rights in California, the fortunes and tribulations of an Holocaust survivor, and prison reform in California.

Guests: Dr. Manuel Mireles, President of the Parents Association and Member of Citizen Council for Self-Defense, Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, Mexico; Larry Kleinman, Member of Executive Committee of Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FAIR), Washington, D.C., www.fairimmigration.org

POETRY AND POLITICS. The inaugural poet for President Obama’s second inauguration, Richard Blanco, says doors have opened up for him to speak publicly about issues that he cares deeply about, such as same-sex marriage and immigration reform. This is an exclusive interview with the poet, the first immigrant, the first Latino and the first openly gay person to serve as the U.S. inaugural poet.

Guest: Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet for President Obama's second inauguration, Bethel, ME.

BUDGET DEAL. The governor and top legislators of California reached a deal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in new funds for K-12 education, welfare grants, tuition aid for university students and dental care for poor adults, but much of that spending will be delayed. Is this too little too late? How will Latinos be affected by the new California budget?

Guests: Araceli Martínez, Reporter, Radio Bilingüe, Sacramento, CA; Astrid Campos, Senior Organizer, California Partnership, Los Angeles, CA, www.california-partnership.org

MEXICO EDITION. In Acapulco, Guerrero, journalists are taking security measures to cover high-risk information in groups. They organized a Journalism Under Seige Forum and asked for support from the international organization Article 19, which specializes in documenting aggressions against reporters and in giving legal advice to journalists who suffer threats or violence. After ten reporters dead, two missing, and a large number of intimidations, photographers and reporters are deciding between informing the public and staying silent. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Claudio Vargas, former graphic reporter, Novedades de Acapulco; Bernardino Hernández Hernández, Photojournalist, AP, Cuartoscuro and Proceso; José Luis Méndez Rodríguez, Radio Host, Guerrero en Vivo; Jacobo García, Correspondent, El Mundo, of Spain; Francisco Sandoval, Office for Mexico and Central America, Article 19, www.article19.org (pretaped audio).

HIRING NAVIGATORS. As the date approaches when Obamacare will go into full effect, community organizations and government agencies are stepping up efforts to get out the word and enroll the uninsured. California is hiring hundreds of workers for three call centers for its healthcare program, and will need another 20,000 enrollers statewide. A healthcare expert joins this edition to discuss updates on the healthcare law and answer listeners’ questions about new services available.

Guests: Ginette Magaña, National Partner Engagement Director, Enroll America, Washington, D.C., www.enrollamerica.org ; Nancy Gomez, Southern California Program Director, Health Access, Los Angeles, CA, www.health-access.org

RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION. The Amah Mutsun people of Northern California received a formal apology from a California bishop for abuses dating back to the 18th century in the Catholic missions. The Native American tribe endured rape, slavery, cultural genocide, disease, and broken treaties, and they are currently asking the federal government to restore their recognition as a sovereign Indian nation. In the 1920s, they were denied land, because the federal government determined that they were “well cared for by the Catholic priests.” Will the Church’s recognition of wrongdoing and historic abuse pave the way for restoration of land and recognition for the Amah Mutsun people? This edition is the first of a special series that focuses on the bridges between Latinos and Native American communities.

REALIGNMENT: BOON OR BANE? Forced by federal courts to reduce prison overcrowding, California moved a large number of non-violent and non-sexual offenders to county jails. Republicans are now seizing on the “realignment” law, arguing that it is to blame for an increase in crime in many cities. Some criminal justice groups disagree, pointing to a drop in violent crime in counties with the most transferred inmates. Meanwhile, federal courts urge Gov. Brown to remove another 9,000 prisoners from state prisons by year’s end while Republicans push Brown to stop early release of state prisoners.

Guests: Raoul Lowery Contreras, Political commentator and columnist, San Diego, CA; José Luis Gómez, Case manager, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, San Francisco, CA, www.cjcj.org

MEXICO EDITION. In the presentation of the book Urgent Strategy in Defense of the Nation, politicians and energy specialists say the government of Enrique Peña Nieto is preparing to hand over the Mexican oil inudstry to U.S. corporations. The authors say with the Agreement of Transborder Deposists, signed by Felipe Calderón, the transfer was already begun. Now, they say, Peña Nieto is preparing for a second energy reform, so that oil companies can control exploration, extraction, and refinery. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Dr. Alberto Montoya Martín del Campo; Dr. Rosío Vargas Suárez; Francisco Garaicochea Petrirena, Engineer; Senator Manuel Bartlett; Gonzalo Núñez González, Economist, Mexico City, Mexico (pretaped audios).

CAUGHT IN THE TORNADO. The tornado-devastated city of Moore, Oklahoma, saw its Latino population more than double in recent years. How are Spanish-speaking immigrant residents faring after the destruction? Are immigrants receiving critically-needed emergency relief they are eligible for?

Guests: Ana Herrera, Affected by tornado that devastated Moore, OK, Oklahoma City, OK; Jorge Hernández, Member of the Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Central and Western Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, www.redcross.org/ok/oklahoma-city

ALSO, DAVID SILVA: NEW RODNEY KING? A father of four in Kern County was brutally beaten by sheriff's deputies and died. Witnesses of David Sal Silva's death say he was not resisting, and they say the sheriff's office tampered with evidence. Some say this atrocity brings to mind the police brutality against Rodney King.

IMMIGRATION EDITION: REFORM IN THE HOUSE. As the immigration reform bill in the Senate heads to the floor, the question remains: will Republicans block it? What fate might the bill encounter once it reaches the Republican-controlled House of Representatives? Top Republican leaders join this edition to discuss their party’s role in the future of the bill and the efforts of the moderates to rein in the extremists.

Guests: Héctor Barreto, Chairman, The Latino Coalition, Irvine, CA, www.thelatinocoalition.com ; Elías Bermúdez, President, Inmigrantes Sin Fronteras, Host of "The Voice of the Immigrant" on AM 1540 Phoenix, AZ