
Immigration
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
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
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
‘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.
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Shut Down Berks Coalition brings message to Commissioner Michael Rivera’s home during Monday night protest
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Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention
A federal judge ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the prolonged detention of families during the pandemic.
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Supreme Court rules some asylum seekers cannot challenge removal
The high court's 7-2 ruling applies to people who fail their initial asylum screenings, making them eligible for quick deportation, or expedited removal.
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The food supply chain and its frontline workers
How has our food system withstood the pandemic? And what are the risks to essential workers in meat processing plants and farm fields?
Air Date: June 25, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:14Medical deportation averted in case of Guatemalan patient at Jefferson Torresdale
Immigration advocates say the hospital would have been violating its ethical obligations to care for the man, injured in a traffic accident and uninsured.
5 years ago
Supreme Court decisions on LGBTQ rights, DACA and more
The Supreme Court announced landmark rulings on LGBTQ worker rights and DACA. We discuss those opinions and pending decisions on abortion, the electoral college, and more.
Air Date: June 23, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:58The future is uncertain for stateless people like me
Karina Clough, a stateless person and a DACA recipient under final removal proceedings, wants meaningful immigration reform. And she and others want it now.
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Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants
The ban, while temporary, would amount to major restructuring of legal immigration if made permanent, a goal that had eluded the administration before the pandemic.
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Trump expected to suspend H-1B, other visas until end of year
The new order comes as the administration continues to wrestle with high unemployment among American workers because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘Dreamers,’ immigration advocates praise Supreme Court ruling keeping DACA in place
The high court ruled that the Trump administration acted in an “arbitrary and capricious” way when it moved to end DACA.
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Judge demands ICE better explain why it won’t release kids
A judge ordered the U.S. government to better explain why it hasn’t released some of the approximate 350 parents and children in three family detention centers.
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