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The interior of the New Jersey Senate chambers
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy signs ‘temporary workers’ bill of rights’

The bill requires companies to pay temporary workers minimum wage after deductions for food and meals, improving conditions for thousands of immigrants.

2 months ago

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FILE - The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 31, 2022. Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program being launched by the State Department. The goal is to give private citizens a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who come to America every year. The State Department is calling the new program the Welcome Corps.(Mandel Ngan, Pool via AP, File)
Politics & Policy

New program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in U.S.

The State Department program is called the Welcome Corps. The agency aims to line up 10,000 Americans who can help 5,000 refugees during the first year of the program.

2 months ago

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Politics & Policy

Biden in Texas for his first visit to border as president

Biden is stopping in El Paso after two years of hounding by Republicans who've hammered him as soft on border security while the number of migrants crossing spirals.

2 months ago

A group of people stand in a line.
Politics & Policy

Biden restricting Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians at border

The Biden administration says it'll immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

2 months ago

File photo: Migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrive near 30th Street Station Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
Community

15th bus carrying people seeking asylum arrives in Philadelphia from Texas

According to a release from the city, 60 asylum seekers arrived Thursday, and at least 43 of them were taken to the city’s welcoming facility to receive aid.

3 months ago

 Border Patrol agent checks an asylum seeker's passport after she turned herself in, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 19. (Veronica G. Cardenas/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows border restrictions for asylum seekers to continue for now

In a statement, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden administration would "comply with the order and prepare for the Court's review."

3 months ago

File photo: A view of the security around the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Jan. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Policy

Buses from Texas drop off migrants in frigid Washington, D.C.

Local organizers in Washington say three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas

3 months ago

Migrants stand near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Courts & Law

High court temporarily blocks lifting of asylum restrictions

The order by Chief Justice Roberts comes as conservative states are pushing to keep limits on asylum seekers that were put in place during the beginning of the pandemic.

3 months ago

People walk around, as seen through the parted curtains of a tent.
Courts & Law

U.S. court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions

The court’s decision means the restrictions are still on track to expire on December 21.

3 months ago

People hold the U.S. flag in their lap.
NPR
Courts & Law

Nearly a million adults became U.S. citizens this past year, a record high since 2008

Despite setbacks caused by the pandemic, the federal government naturalized a record number of adult immigrants this year and reduced its application backlog by nearly half.

3 months ago

Close-up of a SEPTA turnstile
Community

Fundraiser created to front the cost of SEPTA Key cards for asylum-seekers

The fundraiser aims to raise $1,000 to help pay for SEPTA Key cards for asylum-seekers who recently arrived in Philadelphia from Texas.

4 months ago

A bus of asylum-seekers at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station
Community

How you can help people seeking asylum in Philadelphia

Officials are encouraging residents to donate to the city’s Welcoming Fund, which will disperse money to local nonprofits to aid asylum-seekers.

4 months ago

Corner of 54th st. and Chester Ave.
Community

Southwest Philly will soon be home to ‘Africatown,’ powered by a grant-winning nonprofit

The African Cultural Alliance of North America, a nonprofit supporting African immigrants, got a $9 million state grant towards developing Africatown.

4 months ago

The buses that arrived Friday were the third and fourth to roll into Philadelphia from Texas in the last two weeks. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Two additional buses of asylum-seekers from Texas arrive at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia

It was not immediately clear how many people were on the buses, but it appeared to be about five dozen.

4 months ago

A bus of asylum-seekers at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station
Community

‘They are exhausted’: Asylum-seekers arrive by bus in Philadelphia

Mayor Jim Kenney called Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus asylum-seekers to Philadelphia a “purposefully cruel policy using immigrant families … as pawns.”

4 months ago

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