Immigration
New Jersey ready to provide safe harbor for Afghan refugees
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be one of four U.S. military installations that will shelter refugees from Afghanistan.
3 years ago
Murphy signs law that bans contracts with ICE for detention of immigrants
The law disallows renewal of existing contracts or any new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees.
3 years ago
Berks County to detain asylum-seeking immigrant women for feds
The county-owned facility is no longer holding immigrant families.
3 years ago
Delaware group prepares to help more Afghan refugees
Jewish Family Services of Delaware, which manages refugee arrivals, is doing advance work to help people fleeing Afghanistan who could come to the state.
3 years ago
Haitians in N.J. and Del. hope for the best as post-earthquake recovery efforts continue
Haitians in New Jersey and Delaware hope to help family and friends back home as the recovery continues.
3 years ago
York County Prison has no more ICE detainees. Advocates call it a ‘partial victory’
A central Pennsylvania prison ended its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday, terminating a decadeslong practice.
3 years ago
Senate Democrats roll child care and immigration into a $3.5T budget framework
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unveiled the plan ahead of a vote to begin a lengthy process of writing partisan spending bills.
3 years ago
Penn Medicine’s new center aims to directly connect vulnerable patients to surgical care, often out of reach for those who are uninsured.
3 years ago
Immigrant detentions soar despite Biden’s campaign promises
The number of people in federal immigration detention has risen markedly under President Joe Biden. Since the end of February, the number of detainees has more than doubled.
3 years ago
Separated by the pandemic, Delaware schools find ways to bridge the communication gap with parents
Schools in southern Delaware turned to bilingual text messaging apps to keep in contact with Spanish- and Creole-speaking parents.
3 years ago
Pressure is building on Biden to do more for asylum-seekers and migrants
President Biden will give remarks Monday to the nation's largest Latino civil rights group. He's under pressure to make good on his promises to fix the immigration system.
3 years ago
Permanent residents who left the U.S. during the pandemic worry they can’t come home
Many green card holders are still stuck outside of the country, worried about returning to their lives in the U.S. because of broad disruptions to the immigration system.
3 years ago
Sean Lugo turns Paradigm Gallery into a bodega for ‘Immigrant Mentality’
For his show “Immigrant Mentality,” Sean Lugo installed a bodega inside Paradigm Gallery to evoke the life of his mother and other immigrants.
3 years ago
New U.S. citizens are sworn in in Old City
Thirteen men and women from 10 different countries received their citizenship papers at the Betsy Ross House.
3 years ago
Advocates wanted ICE contracts stopped. Now N.J. detainees are being sent to other states
Advocates had hoped detainees would be released. Instead, ICE is transferring them. A judge declined to halt the practice.
3 years ago