Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Gun Ownership, The Line

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Stan Wilson sits down with Cindy Nava, a UNM graduate student, and Eva Eitzen from the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center to discuss the federal DACA program. DACA (Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) allows some people who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children to obtain legal residency. President Obama created the program by executive order and the future of the program is unclear as we enter the final months of his administration.

New Mexico in Focus is inviting community members and leaders on the show this month to talk about gun ownership. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland sits down this week with members of the New Mexico Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team to discuss the role of guns in deaths involving romantic partners.

Host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss the results of this week’s primary elections in New Mexico and the recent Albuquerque Public Schools decision to offer ethic studies in all high schools.

Guests:
Cindy Nava, UNM graduate student and DACA approved U.S. resident
Eva Eitzen, legal director of the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
Danielle Albright, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UNMH
MaryEllen Garcia, Crime Victims Reparation Commission
Joan Shirley, Resource Center for Victims of Violent Death

Line Panelists:
Eddy Aragon, CEO, The Rock of Talk, Fox News ABQ 95.9 FM
Lonna Atkeson, UNM Political Science Department
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP
Harry Van Buren, UNM Anderson School of Management

Correspondents:
Gwyneth Doland
Stan Wilson

Host:
Gene Grant

The Producer of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is Sarah Gustavus. Associate Producer is Kathy Wimmer. Funding for this program was provided in part by the McCune Foundation Communications Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation.

Episode 949 airs June 10, 2016 at 7:00pm on Ch.5.1