
Immigration
British family returned home after ICE detention in Pa.
An ICE spokesman confirmed their deportation to the United Kingdom in a statement Wednesday evening.
5 years ago
Census Bureau asks states for driver’s license records to produce citizenship data
The requests are in response to an executive order Trump issued in July after courts blocked his administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
5 years ago
Cape May County sues Grewal over directive blocking federal immigration agreements
The lawsuit claims that N.J. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has endangered the public safety of the county by restricting its ability to communicate with law enforcement.
5 years ago
The changing face of refugees in Pa. as Trump cuts arrivals
The face of refugees coming to the U.S. is changing. The places they're going is changing, too. Why is that happening and what does it look like in Pennsylvania?
Air Date: October 16, 2019
Listen 13:15British family detained in Pa. by ICE: ‘We will be traumatized for the rest of our lives’
The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.
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Listen 1:01Report shows Latinx boom in southern Del., but there’s work to do to help newcomers thrive
The Latinx community in Sussex County has grown to about 20,000 — 13 times what it was in 1990 — according to a Delaware Community Foundation report.
5 years ago
Trump bars immigrants who cannot pay for health care
Trump signed a proclamation barring legal immigrants who cannot prove they will have health care coverage or the means to pay for it.
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Pa. second lady Gisele Fetterman: From ‘invisible’ undocumented immigrant to loud, proud advocate
Every day, as she headed out the door for school, Gisele Barreto Fetterman’s mother would tell her that she loved her. Then she told her to be invisible.
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As Trump slashes refugee arrivals, a look at who has been resettling in Pa.
Those fleeing religious persecution and those who helped the U.S. in Iraq or Afghanistan are common among current refugees settling in Pennsylvania.
5 years ago
Listen 4:26Grewal blocks two N.J. counties from having immigration enforcement agreements with ICE
The directive signed Friday will effectively block New Jersey counties from entering into or maintaining 287(g) agreements, which train local police in immigration law.
5 years ago
Trump administration pauses refugee program in October, delaying dozens of arrivals to Pa.
The moratorium was communicated through the nine volunteer agencies that work with the federal government to place and support refugees at sites across the country.
5 years ago
Pa. parents with severely ill or disabled kids face deportation after Trump policy change
Recipients of the letters included parents of extremely sick children born in the U.S. and children receiving treatment for cancer, some of whom live in Pa.
5 years ago
Listen 4:19Skin cancer prevention still a struggle among Latinx communities in the region
At a free event set up by the Mexican consulate in Philadelphia, checking for the damaging effects of exposure to the sun got the spotlight.
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2 out of 5 Asian Pacific American households in Pa. risk going uncounted in census
Asian community organizations are trying new approaches to reach people who are at risk of not being counted in the 2020 census.
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‘We’re not irrelevant’: Philly seniors say retirement is the best time to protest
Members of the group Elder Witness protested a new rule allowing the Trump administration to indefinitely detain families who illegally cross the border.
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