Immigration
Some states dropping ‘dehumanizing’ terms for immigrants
California and Colorado this year banned state agencies from using the word “alien” to refer to immigrants who entered the U.S. without permission.
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Biden: Families of separated children deserve compensation
Raising his voice, Biden said that regardless of the circumstances, people who had their children taken under the Trump administration’s policy should be remunerated.
3 years ago
Immigrant groups frustrated by inaction in D.C. block traffic in front of Sen. Casey’s office
Instead of issuing citizenship, Democrats are proposing giving longtime undocumented residents temporary protection from deportation and work permits.
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A lawsuit against Clearfield County could at least pause the establishment of one of the largest and private detention centers in the northeast.
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More than 25,000 Afghan refugees have passed through Philadelphia
Following a call from the Biden administration in August, Philadelphia opened its airport to Operation Allies Welcome, receiving Afghani evacuees.
3 years ago
We discuss the kidnappings, violence and instability plaguing Haiti and the crisis facing Haitians migrants at the U.S. border.
Air Date: October 19, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00U.S. to reopen land borders in November for fully vaccinated
Vehicle, rail and ferry travel between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico has been largely restricted to essential travel, such as trade, since the earliest days of the pandemic.
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Advocating for Biden’s Build Back Better plan, Marcela Ramirez explained that essential and low-wage workers can’t afford to rest through the pandemic.
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Philly Haitians, members of City Council slam Biden’s border policies
“What we saw was against humanity,” said Numa St. Louis, a Haitian-American Philadelphia resident, of the scene in Del Rio, Texas.
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400,000 immigrants in Pa., N.J., and Del. up for citizenship imperiled by setback in Congress
Despite steep odds, advocates are seizing the moment with urgency — fearing a window is closing to normalize the status of millions of immigrants.
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Listen 2:20Murphy says New Jersey to help resettle about 500 Afghans
New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst served as an arrival point for “many thousands” of Afghans who left their homeland as the U.S. withdrew its troops.
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U.S. border agents chased migrants on horseback. A photographer explains what he saw
"I thought the Haitians were quite scared, and I think there was probably some panic which resulted in them trying to run around the horses," photographer Paul Ratje says.
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U.S. launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas
It's a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.
3 years ago
U.S. closes part of Texas border, begins flying Haitians home
The United States is trying to stem the flow of migrants into Texas by blocking the Mexican border at an isolated town where thousands of Haitian refugees set up a camp.
3 years ago
US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas
The Biden administration is nearing a final plan to expel many of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have suddenly crossed into a Texas border city from Mexico.
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