Government Shutdown Jeopardizes Bill On DACA And TPS, Milos Stehlik Interviews Alexandra Dean On Her Film ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’, And Weekend Passport: Puerto Ricans Reboot Christmas-End Festival In Hermosa

By Worldview Staff

Jan 19, 2018, 4:20pm CT

Demonstrators hold up balloons during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 6, 2017. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Government Shutdown Jeopardizes Bill On DACA And TPS, Milos Stehlik Interviews Alexandra Dean On Her Film ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’, And Weekend Passport: Puerto Ricans Reboot Christmas-End Festival In Hermosa

By Worldview Staff

Jan 19, 2018, 4:20pm CT

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On today’s show:

As the U.S. heads towards a government shutdown that would delay the fate of hundreds of thousands of so-called Dreamers, we’ll talk with Susan Gzesh from the University of Chicago’s Pozen Family Center for Human Rights and Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director of Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center, about the political fight over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals bill.
Film contributor Milos Stehlik talks with Emmy Award-winning producer and journalist Alexandra Dean about her latest project — a documentary about Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr.
Omar Torres-Kortright, executive director of the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, and musician Roy McGrath discuss Chicago’s Fiestas de La Calle that will have food, visual displays, and live music this Saturday, Jan. 20.