Full program MP3, 29 minutes.

Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Winnie Romeril, a Red Cross volunteer in Tobasco, Mexico about the effects of the recent flooding. Families seeking info on missing individuals should contact the International Red Cross. To make donations to the Red Cross visit RedCross.org.

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Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa and Univision's Maria Elena Salinas speak about news issues of the week affecting the Latino community.

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What do you do if you're the victim of a crime, but you know that if you call the police, you can lose everything? That's the situation that many undocumented immigrants find themselves in, fearful of criminals, yet fearful of being deported if the authorities become involved. In 2000, a special U-Visa was created to give these victims legal status if they cooperated with law enforcement authorities. But for the last seven years, delays in Homeland Security have kept anyone from actually getting a U-Visa. That is until last month, when the DHS finally implemented the program. Contributor Jasmine Garsd has our story.

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Immigrants come to the United States for myriad of different reasons. Some come to escape political prosecution, others come because of poverty... and some, just have a dream... that everything the "American dream" promises can wipe away their own failures and disappointments of life. But to come legally to the US, you must have an American visa, which is by the way the title of Bolivian author Juan de Recacoechea's most recent work. 'American Visa' profiles a high school teacher, desperate to get to the US. He comes to embody the dreams and aspirations of many would-be immigrants. And he's willing to do anything it takes to get that visa, even if the search takes him to the darkest of places.

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They're troubadours with a strong social message, and Mexico's top selling Norteño band. As part of our year long series "Los Grandes de México," a look at Mexico's most influential musical personalities. Latino USA correspondent Brenda de Anda tells the story of the so-called "people's idol's," "Los idolos del pueblo," Los Tigres del Norte.

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