
Immigration
What do new citizenship rules for kids of U.S. military, workers abroad mean?
Trump officials say a new policy on citizenship for children born abroad affects only a small fraction of U.S. service members and government workers.
5 years ago
Philly sanctuary is an explosion of Latinx pride
Artes Ekeko (Ian Pierce) mined the mythologies of Central and South America to create an image of cultural pride and political dissent.
5 years ago
Listen 1:19What the Trump administration’s latest immigration move might mean for Pa.
A detention center in Berks County has been operating in a licensure ‘limbo’ that could be resolved under the administration’s proposal.
5 years ago
Deported from Montco, dead in Mexico: ‘What [he] feared is exactly what happened’
The story illustrates the life-or-death stakes that can be inherent in immigration case law.
5 years ago
Listen 1:52Advocates already see fallout from immigration rule change
Doctors warn of poor health and rising costs they say will come from sweeping Trump administration changes that would deny green cards to many immigrants who use Medicaid.
6 years ago
Do you know the whole Statue of Liberty poem? Listen to what Emma Lazarus wrote
Philadelphia poet Sonia Sanchez read the entire poem for WHYY's CommonSpace in February 2017.
6 years ago
N.J. joins lawsuit against Trump’s effort to drive immigrants off public aid programs
New Jersey is opposing the Trump administration’s effort to penalize immigrants who rely on public aid programs like food stamps.
6 years ago
As a Mexican immigrant, the El Paso shooting scared me, but I won’t be silent
The mass shootings in El Paso and Gilroy have horrified me. I won’t allow my fear to silence me. Instead, I will use it to resist and fight against white supremacy.
6 years ago
Como inmigrante de México, El Paso me asustó, pero no permitiré que me silencie
Los asesinatos en El Paso y Gilroy me han horrorizado. Pero no permitiré que mi miedo me silencie, lo utilice para resistir y luchar contra la supremacía blanca.
6 years ago
Pa., N.J. health experts warn new Trump immigration rule will increase uninsured
The change widens the definition of “public charge” to mean people here legally who get public benefits like Medicaid, food stamps, and housing vouchers.
6 years ago
Pa. Governor wants answers on 4 kids separated from families
Pennsylvania's governor says at least four children from his state were recently separated from their parents by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
6 years ago
New rules can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps
Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect.
6 years ago
The consequences of US Immigration policies on children
We'll get an update on child separations at the border, discuss the immigrant detention facility right here in Pa., and talk about the psychological consequences these have.
Air Date: August 13, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:01“The migration problem is a coffee problem”
We talk about how low coffee prices are driving Central American farmers to migrate to the U.S. and with La Colombe's Todd Carmichael about the coffee business.
Air Date: August 9, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:03Pa. ICE detainee stops her own deportation with a phone call
A 27-year-old Salvadoran woman detained by ICE at the Berks Family Residential Center was being deported — until she was allowed to make a call.
6 years ago
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