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Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Health

Employee at Berks County immigration detention center tests positive for COVID-19

The employee was a member of the medical staff and that the center was responding by cleaning the building and contact tracing.

5 years ago

David Xol of Guatemala hugs his son Byron
NPR
Community

Parents of 545 children separated at US-Mexico border still can’t be found

Thousands of families were separated under the "no tolerance" migration policy before the Trump administration ended the practice in 2018.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden
Courts & Law

Supreme Court to review two cases involving Trump border policy

Trump's “Migrant Protection Protocols” policy became a key pillar of the administration’s response to an unprecedented surge of asylum-seeking families at the border.

5 years ago

Nigerian American lifestyle blogger Nifesimi Akingbe, 31, stands outside her home in Randallstown, Md., near Baltimore, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Community

Black immigrants find camaraderie, divide amid protests

For some immigrants, their attitudes are driven by worries about their children.

5 years ago

From left, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Philadelphia ICE field office director Simona Flores-Lund speak during a press conference on Oct. 16, 2020. (Screenshot)
Courts & Law

ICE officials use Philly press conference to tout 170 arrests in ‘sanctuary’ cities

'Operation Rise' arrests in Philadelphia, New York, Denver, Seattle, Baltimore, and Washington coincide with the final leg of the presidential campaign.

5 years ago

Nancy Nguyen is executive director of VietLead. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Immigration activist arrested in Philadelphia after protesting ICE director

The arrest is said to stem from a Sept. 8 demonstration outside the Virgina home of Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Tony Pham.

5 years ago

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks in Salt Lake City on Oct. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

As Kamala Harris takes debate stage, South Asian voters are flexing political muscle

Some South Asian voters are growing more engaged because U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is the VP nominee. But the population is politically diverse.

5 years ago

Vice President Pence speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention
Politics & Policy

VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

The CDC's order covered the U.S. and Canada borders, but has mostly affected the thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

5 years ago

A Devereux facility in Devon, Pa.
Courts & Law

Report: Devereux drops plan to house migrant children at Devon facility

The Philadelphia Inquirer says Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health has abandoned the plan to shelter 40 unaccompanied minors at its Devon site.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Councilmember Helen Gym speaks to the Vera Institute of Justice's Kica Matos about the importance of supporting immigrants amid COVID-19 on Sept. 24, 2020. (Screenshot: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA News.)
Community
Broke in Philly

Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project gets boost from new Vera Institute of Justice program

Vera’s SAFE Initiative launched a Community Grant Program on Sept. 24 that awarded money to 13 organizations nationwide fighting for immigrant representation.

5 years ago

Ramón Diaz and Vicenta Ortiz Rivera
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Puerto Rican community in Pa. displaced by Hurricane Maria eager to vote in 2020

Three years after Hurricane Maria, Pennsylvanians displaced from Puerto Rico and now able to vote for president reflect on priorities for the 2020 election.

5 years ago

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Dawn Wooten, left, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, speaks at a news conference in Atlanta
Courts & Law

AP exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery

The women's lack of consent or knowledge raises severe legal and ethical issues, lawyers and medical experts said.

5 years ago

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

ICE almost deported immigrant woman who says she got unwanted surgery while detained

As allegations were coming to light about immigrant women who say they've been subjected to unwanted hysterectomies and other procedures, one detainee was nearly deported.

5 years ago

Protesters hold signs about the 2020 census at a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court over blocked census memo

Trump is attempting to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to determine each state's share of seats in Congress.

5 years ago

Dawn Wooten, left, spoke at a Sept. 15 news conference in Atlanta about conditions at the Irwin County Detention Center. Wooten submitted a whistleblower complaint on Monday alleging medical neglect and unsafe conditions that promoted the spread of COVID-19 at the facility.
NPR
Community

Whistleblower alleges ‘medical neglect,’ questionable hysterectomies of ICE detainees

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the DHS's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

5 years ago

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