Immigration
An immigrant resource hub is being proposed by Pennsylvania Democratic state lawmakers.
The bill is not supported by Republican lawmakers.
5 years ago
Afghan families in Philly frustrated at high bar to help loved ones escape Taliban
Philadelphia families of Afghan residents left behind after the U.S. withdrawal last summer say efforts to get humanitarian parole are increasingly difficult.
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Listen 5:01Berks Co. immigrant detention center reopens as women-only facility
A Berks County detention center for immigrant families has reopened, this time detaining only adult women, according to immigration attorneys.
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Report: N.J. COVID relief fund for excluded workers didn’t go far enough
While a report from New Jersey Policy Perspective said the state did not set aside enough aid, the state argues the program did not see as much demand as expected.
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Thousands of miles from home, Afghan evacuees start new lives, schools in Philadelphia
The local Afghan community, centered in Northeast Philadelphia, has nearly doubled with the influx of evacuees, who worry for family and friends left behind.
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Listen 7:37‘Everybody is extremely worried’: Philly’s Ukrainian community fearful of Russian threat
Members of the local Ukrainian diaspora have been doing what they can to support Ukrainian resistance from afar.
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Resettling Afghan refugees and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
We look at Afghan refugee resettlement in the Philadelphia region and discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with millions at risk of famine.
Air Date: January 20, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:02A year after mobilizing for Biden, young supporters feel let down on immigration
Young people helped mobilize voters for President Biden. Many now feel Biden hasn't pushed hard enough to deliver on the immigration goals he set.
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Pa. GOP primary candidates warn of immigrant ‘ghost flights,’ but lack facts and context
The rhetoric among Pennsylvania’s GOP candidates for Senate and governor has been the same: short on provable facts, long on inflammatory rhetoric.
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Listen 2:29Teenage photographers taught to speak their minds in ‘Young Americans’
Teenage photographers were mentored by immigration photojournalist Ada Trillo to express their own lives through pictures.
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Collective owned by Pennsylvania immigrants provides corn for tortillas
With its official launch at the People’s Kitchen, the Cooperativa is now gathering customers. From local spots South Philly Barbacoa and El Merkury, to beyond.
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Fewer immigrant workers are coming to fill key jobs. That has slowed the U.S. economy
Fewer immigrants are coming to fill those jobs — particularly in some key industries that keep the economy moving.
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With the help of a Vietnamese refugee, Afghan evacuees settle into a South Philly home
Ahn Tran welcomed a family of Afghan evacuees as tenants in one of his apartments, in part because of his experience as a Vietnamese refugee.
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53 migrants dead, 54 injured in truck crash in south Mexico
The crash occurred Thursday on a highway leading toward the Chiapas state capital.
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