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Immigration

A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border in 2014 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. President-elect Joe Biden aims to reverse the Trump administration's dramatic cuts to refugee admissions. (Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden plans to reopen America to refugees after Trump slashed admissions

Biden promises to take a starkly different approach from his predecessor: to "set the annual global refugee admissions cap to 125,000, and seek to raise it over time."

5 years ago

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

US deports migrant women who alleged abuse by Georgia doctor

ICE has already deported six former patients who complained about Dr. Mahendra Amin, who has been accused of operating on migrant women without their consent.

5 years ago

In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, using both the English and Spanish language, a sign points potential voters to an official polling location during early voting in Dallas. (LM Otero/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Millions of U.S. voters risk missing the historic 2020 election because their English isn’t good enough

Federal law says states are supposed to help people who speak limited English — but many of those potential voters are slipping through the cracks.

5 years ago

Elvira Méndez on the day of her citizenship ceremony. (Courtesy of Elvira Méndez/Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Community

The Spanish-language voice of SEPTA is voting for president for the first time

You probably don’t recognize Elvira Méndez by name, but you know her voice if you ride SEPTA .This Election Day marks her first presidential ballot.

5 years ago

Woman with long reddish hair and a red shirt smiles by a scenic overlook
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

They want to vote, but legally can’t. The Pa. voices that won’t be heard

Due to age, immigration status, or lack of a permanent address, millions of Pennsylvanians whose lives will be shaped by the 2020 election cannot vote in it.

5 years ago

Satte Hoffe at her store in West Philadelphia. She’s a Liberian immigrant who said she’s voting because she fears a civil war. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Trump is driving Philly’s Black immigrants to vote like never before

Trump called Haiti and African nations ‘shithole countries’ and made immigrants a public enemy. Philadelphia’s Black immigrants say they are motivated to vote him out.

5 years ago

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

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