Radio Mambí 710 AM, Univision Miami 23, El Nuevo Herald and Miami Dade College will host a Town Hall to answer pressing concerns on immigration issues affecting South Floridians
WHAT: Univision Miami’s radio and television stations, Radio Mambí 710 AM and Univision Miami 23, in collaboration with El Nuevo Herald and Miami Dade College (MDC) will host “Immigration: Know Your Rights,” a town hall meeting to address immigration concerns.
Award-winning Univision News journalists Bernadette Pardo of Radio Mambí 710 AM and José Alfonso Almora of WQBA 1140 AM and “Noticias 23” will moderate the event.
A panel of immigration attorneys and experts will address the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), issues of importance to DREAMers, the status of green card holders and the elimination of the “wet foot/dry foot” policy affecting the Cuban community. The panel will also discuss the current wave of deportation raids and the effect of Executive Orders on immigration.
MDC students and the community in attendance will have the opportunity to ask questions via Facebook Live, Facebook.com/Univision23Miami and Facebook.com/RadioMambi710 throughout the open forum.
“Immigration: Know Your Rights” will broadcast LIVE simultaneously via radio Mambí 710 AM and Uforia, and covered LIVE on Univision Miami’s “Noticias 23” at 6 p.m.
Follow the conversation and join the discussion on Facebook.com/Univision23Miami as well as on Twitter and Instagram via @Univision23.
CONTACT: Mónica Rabassa, 305.487.5347, mrabassa@univision.net, @UCIPRTeam
About Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the leading media company serving Hispanic America. The Company, a leading content creator in the U.S., includes Univision Network, one of the leading networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country available in approximately 92% of U.S. Hispanic television households; UniMás, a leading Spanish-language broadcast television network available in approximately 86% of U.S. Hispanic television households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisión, the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language entertainment cable network, as well as UDN (Univision Deportes Network), the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language sports cable network, Univision tlnovelas, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to telenovelas, ForoTV, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to international news, and an additional suite of cable offerings – De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson and Telehit; Univision Local Media, which owns and/or operates 59 television stations and 67 radio stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; and Univision Now, a direct-to-consumer, on demand and live streaming subscription service. The Company also includes Fusion Media Group (FMG), a division that serves young, diverse audiences. FMG includes two cable networks: news and lifestyle English-language network FUSION TV and UCI’s interest in El Rey Network, a general entertainment English-language cable network; Univision.com, the most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S. Hispanics; Uforia, a music application featuring multimedia music content; as well as a collection of leading digital brands that span a range of categories: technology (Gizmodo), sports (Deadspin), music (TrackRecord), lifestyle (Lifehacker), modern women’s interests (Jezebel), news and social justice (FUSION.net), African American news and culture (The Root), gaming (Kotaku), and car culture (Jalopnik). FMG also includes the Company’s interest in comedy and news satire brands The Onion, Clickhole and The A.V. Club. Headquartered in New York City, UCI has content creation facilities and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit corporate.univision.com.
About Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College (MDC) is the higher education institution with the largest undergraduate enrollment in the America, with more than 165,000 students. It is also the nation’s top producer of Associate in Arts and Science degrees and awards more degrees to minorities than any other college or university in the country. The college’s eight campuses and outreach center offer more than 300 distinct degree pathways including several baccalaureate degrees in education, public safety, supervision and management, nursing, physician assistant studies, film, engineering, biological sciences, and others. In fact, its academic and workforce training programs are national models of excellence. MDC is also renowned for its rich cultural programming. It is home of the Miami Book Fair, Miami International Film Festival, the MDC Live Arts Performing Arts Series, the National Historic Landmark Miami Freedom Tower, a major sculpture park and large art gallery and theater systems. MDC has admitted more than 2,000,000 students and counting, since it opened its doors in 1960. For more information please visit www.mdc.edu.