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Immigration

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2022-23 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

An immigrant resource hub is being proposed by Pennsylvania Democratic state lawmakers.

The bill is not supported by Republican lawmakers.

5 years ago

Alaha Abdul Faruq sits on a chair in her home
Community

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.

5 years ago

Listen 5:01
Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Berks 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.

5 years ago

A view of a street with houses lining each side.
Politics & Policy

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.

5 years ago

Ali Wahaj Mosakhil wears a mask while standing in front of a school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

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.

5 years ago

Listen 7:37
A collection box near the altar at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception urges donations for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russians. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘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.

5 years ago

ICE Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, David Marin and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Fugitive Operations team arrest a Mexican national at a home in Paramount, California, U.S., March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden’s limits on ICE offered hope. But immigrant advocates say he’s broken promises

5 years ago

An Afghan woman holds her children as she waits for a consultation outside a makeshift clinic organized by World Vision in an IDP settlement near Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
Radio Times
Community

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 49:02
Immigration activists rally near the White House
NPR
Politics & Policy

A 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.

5 years ago

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives along the border fence
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

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.

5 years ago

Listen 2:29
''Young Americans,'' a photography exhibit at InLiquid gallery at the crane Arts Building, presents new work from Ada Trillo along with work from students of Photography without Borders (PWB), a group of Latinx teens whom Trillo mentored in 2020-2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Teenage 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.

5 years ago

The seeds of Masa Cooperativa were planted at South Philly Barbacoa. (Photo: Google Maps)
Community

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.

5 years ago

Jagdeep Nayyar, owner and chef at My Taste of India, stands in front of the register stand that's made from the front panel of a real Tata truck — the best-selling brand in India. (Joel Rose/Joel Rose)
NPR
Money

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.

5 years ago

Afghan evacuee Hadi holds the prayer beads he keeps with him in his pocket
PlanPhilly
Community

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.

5 years ago

Injured migrants are cared for on the side of the road next to the overturned truck on which they were traveling near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, Dec. 9, 2021. Mexican authorities say at least 49 people were killed and dozens more injured when the truck carrying the migrants rolled over on the highway in southern Mexico
Politics & Policy

53 migrants dead, 54 injured in truck crash in south Mexico

The crash occurred Thursday on a highway leading toward the Chiapas state capital.

5 years ago

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