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Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa and PBS Newshour's Ray Suarez speak about news issues of the week affecting the Latino community.

Imagine, you've been arrested and you're an undocumented immigrant. Until recently, the government's policy was catch and release, whereby you would have been quickly released and given a notice to appear before a federal immigration judge. Now, New federal immigration policy mandates illegal immigrants be detained while they await deportation proceedings. At a private facility near Austin, Texas, children are being detained along with their parents under the new rules. It's one of the two facilities in country where families are held on non-criminal charges. Sarah Bush brings us this report on the new, family-style approach to immigrant detention.

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Maria speaks author and journalist Paul Cuadros about his new book, "A Home on the Field."

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Writer Luis Rodriguez is the co-founder and creative director of Tia Chuchas Caf and Centro Cultural - a bookstore, art gallery, performance space and workshop center in the northeast San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles.

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For centuries, celebrations around the world have included piatastreat-filled clay or paper-mache figures suspended on a rope to be smashed by excited party goers. In San Francisco, one Salvadorian craftsman goes beyond familiar mass-produced piatas. Lisa Morehouse has his story.

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The 79th annual Academy Awards -- the glitter, the spectacle, the stars, Penelope Cruz nominated for Volver, Adriana Barraza and Alejandro Gonzalez-Iarritu for their work on Babel, Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth... and Anacleo Medina. He may not be a household name, but actors, directors, and film fans worldwide are very familiar with his work. A select few have even held his masterpieces. Medina is in charge of molding each Oscar statuette at R.S. Owens & Company in Chicago since 1983.

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