Immigration
North Philly neighbors decry plans for immigrant youth shelter, citing track record
VisionQuest wants to open a 60-bed facility for unaccompanied immigrant youth in North Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood.
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Immigration system at the ‘breaking point,’ Homeland Security official warns
A flood of migrant families arriving at the southern border is straining the U.S. immigration system. Authorities say daily apprehensions are at the highest in decades.
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The process involves tough calls on criminal cases involving immigrant defendants — and pits different, politicized definitions of justice against each other.
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Listen 5:00House fails to override Trump veto of his border emergency
The House fell short Tuesday in its effort to override President Donald Trump's first veto, handing him a victory to spend billions to construct barriers along the border.
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Pentagon takes $1 billion from military personnel account to build border fence
The Department of Defense is shifting $1 billion from a military personnel account to build a 57-mile fence at the southern U.S. border.
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Border Patrol starts releasing asylum-seeking migrants to South Texas streets
U.S. Border Patrol is releasing asylum-seeking migrants who were recently apprehended without detaining them because officials say detention facilities are full to capacity.
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Supreme Court broadens the government’s power to detain criminal immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court, ruled Tuesday that the government may detain, without a hearing, legal immigrants long after they have served the sentences for crimes they committed.
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Asylum seeker abandons U.S. plans in face of new policy
The administration expanded its "Migrant Protection Protocols" strategy on Monday to a second border crossing and officials say the practice will grow along the entire border.
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Trump vetoes Congressional effort to limit border wall funding
President Trump used his veto pen for the first time Friday, after Congress tried to reverse his national emergency declaration and rein in spending on a border wall.
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Trump vows veto after Congress blocks his order to build border wall
Shortly after the vote, President Trump tweeted, "VETO!" Neither chamber mustered the two-thirds support required to override a presidential veto.
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U.S. immigration agents find ways around ‘sanctuary’ policies
Unofficial cooperation has granted immigration authorities access to databases and, in some cases, people are tipping them off when a person of interest is being released.
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Trump administration seeks to close international immigration offices
The Trump administration is seeking to close nearly two dozen U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices around the world.
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Trump expected to seek $8.6B for border wall in new budget
President Donald Trump will seek $8.6 billion in his new budget to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, two administration officials said Sunday.
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Asylum-seekers can appeal fast-track deportations, court rules
A federal court made it harder Thursday for the U.S. government to quickly deport asylum-seekers if they fail an initial screening at the border.
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Migrant families arrive in busloads as border crossings hit 10-year high
The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 66,000 migrants at the Southern border in February, the highest total for a single month in almost a decade.
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