The Roy Petty Show | |
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Genre | Talk Radio |
Presented by | Roy Kevin Petty |
Starring | Roy Kevin Petty |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 15 |
Production | |
Production location | Dallas |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Univision America |
Release | 1 November 1999 – present |
The Roy Petty Show, also called Hora Legal con el Abogado Roy Petty, is a Spanish language daily television and radio show which first aired in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mexico on TeleAmerica television in November 1999. The show was created by the Hispanic community leader Luis de la Garza to follow his Foro 44 program. The show moved to Univision in November 2002; and it changed to a radio format in May 2012 when it began airing on Univision America radio. It also is broadcast on KTNO radio Dallas. The program is hosted by Texas Immigration Attorney Roy Petty and since June 2010 has been cohosted by Univision television personality Reyna Cavasos. [1]
This series is a lively and informative talk show which features Texas Immigration Lawyer Roy Petty who answers caller questions about legal matters, principally immigration and consumer advocacy. The show's "Scams Exposed!" segment has led to judgments and criminal prosecutions against con artists who have defrauded immigrants. In March 2005, the show exposed a multimillion-dollar document fraud scam orchestrated by an undocumented Mexican Fidelina Cuevas. [2] [3] In 2013, the Roy Petty Show exposed fraud which led to a civil fraud judgment against Mundo Latino of Dallas and Cecilia McDaniel. As a result of the investigation, Mundo Latino filed for bankruptcy and shut down.
In September 2008, Roy Petty won a court judgment overturning the prohibition on granting citizenship to immigrants with recent DWI convictions. The court found that immigration officials must follow the law and cannot invent rules that Congress has not authorized. [4]
The Roy Petty Show broadcasts a weekly segment for victims of domestic violence and advises victims how to leave abusive relationships and how to obtain a U visa and legal status as the victim of crime. [5] Another weekly segment teaches traditional values such as paying taxes, obeying traffic laws, and respecting law enforcement including immigration officers.
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