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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Immigration

Honduran migrants, Ricardo Sr., (left), his son Ricardo Jr., 13, and his cousin Jorge, 16, walk near their home in Texas. When the two teenage boys crossed the border illegally into Texas last month, they turned themselves into Border Patrol. They were later escorted to a hotel by armed men in civilian clothes. (Scott Dalton for NPR)
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Politics & Policy

Shadow immigration system: Migrant children detained in hotels by private contractors

Private contractors are detaining migrant children in hotels before deporting them, bypassing the process that gives children a chance to seek asylum.

5 years ago

A woman from Guatemala and her two daughters were apprehended upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and immediately expelled back to Mexico in the early hours of April 2, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Juárez.
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘End of asylum’: Using the pandemic to turn away migrants, children seeking refuge

Tens of thousands of migrants have been turned away at the border since March. Now the administration wants to restrict asylum permanently.

5 years ago

An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump’s family separation policy

Jacob Soboroff talks about his book, "Separated: An American Tragedy" about the Trump administration's family separation policy and its impact on detained migrants.

Air Date: August 4, 2020 10:00 am

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Activists block a street as police officers look on during an immigration protest outside of a detention center, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Elizabeth, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

N.J. legal aid program helped more immigrant detainees get released, report finds

One of two programs like it in the nation, the N.J. effort provides pro bono attorneys to immigrants in detention. More than 50% with a lawyer have been released.

5 years ago

Community members held signs in support of a DREAM act and DACA recipients outside Rep. Glenn Thompson's Centre County office in September. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Courts & Law

Trump administration won’t accept new DACA applications

The White House anticipates legal challenges.

5 years ago

CJ Thompson (center) with his parents Oneita and Clive Thompson-Lewis (right), and his siblings, Christine, 17, and Timothy, 14. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

From sanctuary to the Ivy League: A DACA recipient’s journey to Columbia University

After his parents went into sanctuary to avoid deportation, CJ Thompson worked nights to help pay the family mortgage. Now, he’s been accepted to Columbia University.

5 years ago

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Arlette Morales helped was an organizer of a recent Black Lives Matter march in York, Pa. (Courtesy of Morales.)
Community
PA Post

Central Pa. teen hopes to be among the first new DACA recipients

Program’s status remains unclear despite federal court rulings; immigration agency says some applications have already been rejected.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
NPR
Politics & Policy

With no final say, Trump wants to change who counts for dividing up Congress’ seats

The Constitution says the count must include every living person in the U.S.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Radio Times
Education

The future of higher education

Most universities have decided that at least some in-person instruction will resume this fall. But as coronavirus cases continue to surge, students and faculty are concerned.

Air Date: July 16, 2020

Listen 48:59
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the decision as a court hearing was getting underway on a challenge to the rule.

5 years ago

Berks County Residential Center, July 19, 2019. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Courts & Law

ICE, Pa. courts push back on bids to free immigrant families in Berks Center due to COVID-19

As the coronavirus sweeps through congregate settings, calls have amplified to release immigrants held at family detention centers.

5 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘I thought it was a hoax’: Pa. students, universities respond to Trump restrictions for international visas

A new Trump administration rule limiting online classes for international students has thrown the tens of thousands of students enrolled in Pa. universities into uncertainty.

5 years ago

In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Education

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

New federal guidelines say international students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall.

5 years ago

Demonstrators stand along the road in front of the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy on April 10, 2020. The event was one of several car rallies calling for the release of immigrants detained at the ICE facility during COVID-19.
NPR
Community

‘You can either be a survivor or die’: COVID-19 cases surge in ICE detention

More than 2,700 detainees nationwide have tested positive, according to ICE data, and the Eloy detention facility is among the hardest hit by the pandemic.

5 years ago

Protesters calling for the release of families held at the Berks Detention Center used a projector to illuminate the outside of Berks County Commissioner Michael Rivera’s home on Monday, June 29, 2020. (Anthony Orozco / PA Post)
Community
PA Post

Activists seeking closure of ICE detention facility turn focus to Berks County’s lone Latino commissioner

Shut Down Berks Coalition brings message to Commissioner Michael Rivera’s home during Monday night protest

5 years ago

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