Immigration

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center.

Speakers at an event Tuesday co-hosted by The Welcoming Center and WHYY highlighted data showing immigrants’ integral role in the region’s economic growth.

Asian Americans United founded the festival in 1995 to mark the holiday, celebrated widely across Asia, that honors family reunions and the end of harvest season.

An Oct. 6 event will explore data on immigrant entrepreneurship, homeownership, education and more.

Community members called on Gov. Josh Shapiro and local municipalities to pass legislation restricting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The niche Southeast Asian community broke ground at the Lee Cultural Center on Saturday.

A government report says as of last October, the Trump administration no longer builds new detention facilities on military bases.

New federal Medicaid eligibility cuts for immigrants, including refugees and asylees, were passed by Congress and President Trump.

Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."

Clearfield County commissioners approved a six-month extension of the contract Tuesday.

Speakers at a meeting Wednesday night touted the importance of the ordinance in a township where nearly a quarter of residents are foreign-born.

Protesters urged the agency to end its contract with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE.

The legislation could serve as a “model ordinance” for other municipalities, said Upper Darby Councilmember Kyle McIntyre.

ACLU de Delaware está solicitando a los líderes estatales que establezcan normas a nivel estatal que regulen cuándo la policía puede colaborar con ICE y compartir información.

Under the Trump administration policy, ICE has sought to detain nearly all undocumented immigrants and deny them bond hearings.