IMMIGRATION REFORM: THE DISTRICT FRONT. Members of Congress are in the middle of their spring recess this week in their home districts, and constituents take the opportunity to meet with them and push for immigration reform. This edition includes updates on actions planned in Georgia, Florida, California and other states. Also, a spokesperson from theAFL-CIO shares news on the agreement the union came to with Senator Charles Schumer and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on a guest worker program.

Guests: Ana Avendaño, Director of Immigration and Community Action, and Assistant to President Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., www.aflcio.org ; Ana Garcia-Ashley, Executive Director, Gamaliel, Atlanta, GA, www.gamaliel.org ; Homero Mejía, Executive Director, Congregations Building Community, PICO National Network, Modesto, CA, www.cbcstan.org ; Natalia Jaramillo, Spokesperson, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Miami, FL, www.floridaimmigrant.org

LIVING THE CHAVEZ LEGACY. César Chávez’s memory lives on in the fields and in the hearts of farm workers and organizers. In this special pretaped César Chávez Day edition, a former farm worker and longtime UFW stalwart who joined early strike picket lines and was recently honored for her pro-union work shares her story, and a current farm worker and indigenous radio host reflects on the relevancy of Chávez thought and action in today’s fields.

Guests: Josefina Flores, Longtime Farm Worker Organizer and Honoree, Latina and Latino Roundtable of Pomona and San Gabriel Valley, Delano, CA; Juanita Gómez, Host of La Hora Mixteca, Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA.

MEXICO EDITION. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.

THE CUBAN FIVE. A growing chorus of legislators, human rights activists and unionists is calling on President Obama to free the “Cuban Five”. This is a group of Cuban intelligence officers who came to the United States to monitor U.S.-based groups engaged in what they considered terrorist acts against Cuban civilians. They were arrested and have served 15 years in federal prison. Human rights activists are lobbying and holding rallies, calling their sentences unusually harsh and unjust.

Guests: Alicia Jrapko, United States Coordinator, International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, Oakland, CA; Saul Landau, Filmmaker and author, Alameda, CA; Rafael Cancel Miranda, Former political prisoner, Puerto Rico (pretaped interview).

GAY MARRIAGE HEARING. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments this week on Prop 8, the California law banning gay marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that prevents legally married same-sex couples from receiving federal benefits and tax breaks. This edition includes breaking news from the two days of hearings, as well as interviews with an attorney and a young "Undocu-Queer" activist.

Guests: Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal, New York, NY, www.lambdalegal.org ; Javier Hernández, Leader, UndocuQueer Movement, Pomona, CA.

WHO BEARS THE BRUNT? Almost a month after the federal sequester, this edition looks at the effects of the automatic cuts, and a new budget proposed by Republican Congressman Paul Ryan. Ryan’s budget, approved by the House of Representatives, would slash funds for education, job-skills training, and unemployment benefits, while repealing the Affordable Care Act and completely transforming the public health insurance program, Medicare. Experts say Latinos and other communities of color would bear the brunt of such drastic cuts. Experts discuss various angles of this issue.

IMMIGRATION REFORM: TOWN HALL: 2ND HOUR. In the second hour of a live two-hour town hall broadcast from one of the “hot spot” congressional districts in the current immigration reform debate, more members of the audience share their testimony and positions on immigration reform. Also, a spokesperson from the office of Republican congressman Gary Miller responds.

IMMIGRATION REFORM: TOWN HALL: 1ST HOUR. Radio Bilingüe and KPFK radio join forces for a live two-hour town hall broadcast from one of the “hot spot” congressional districts in the current immigration reform debate. Radio Bilingüe’s Línea Abierta and KPFK’s Enfoque Latino broadcast the special from the district of Rep. Gary Miller (R - San Bernardino, CA) as part of a series to illuminate divergent views on this critical matter and engage Spanish-speaking audiences in the civic discourse. This first hour includes segments of an interview with Congressman Miller, who before was an assertive proponent of "enforcement first" initiatives and deportation, but he now says he is open to discussion on legalization for the 11 million undocumented immigrants.

FARM WORKER MARCH: 2ND HOUR. This is the second hour of a special edition about the marches organized by the United Farm Workers to pressure Congress for comprehensive immigration reform. The hour begins with Radio Bilingüe's weekly news magazine, Edición Semanaria de Noticiero Latino.

Guests: Antonio Cortés, Coordinator of march in Fresno, United Farm Workers (UFW), Fresno, CA; Oswaldo Cisneros, Farm worker, Radio Bilingüe volunteer at KHDC, and Member, United Farm Workers (UFW), Salinas, CA.

FARM WORKER MARCH: 1ST HOUR The United Farm Workers march this weekend in multiple cities in California and in Washington State to honor Cesar Chavez' holiday and urge for an immigration reform, especially AgJobs, a bill to allow farm workers to earn legal status. This is the first hour of a special two-hour edition, with breaking news and commentary on the California marches.

Guests: Armando Elenes, National Vice President, United Farm Workers (UFW), Bakersfield, CA, www.ufw.org; José Hernández , Former astronaut and former candidate to the U.S. House of Representatives for California's District 10 , Bakersfield, CA; Tony Barrera, Salinas City Council Member, Salinas, CA.