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Immigration

Hundreds rallied outside the Statehouse to push lawmakers to join 13 other states and Washington, D.C. in extending licenses to undocumented immigrants. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

With the election in the rearview mirror, N.J. advocates renew call for driver’s licenses for immigrants

Hundreds rallied outside the Statehouse to push lawmakers to join 13 other states and Washington, D.C. in extending licenses to undocumented immigrants.

6 years ago

In this June 28, 2019 file photo, local residents with visas walk across the Puerta Mexico international bridge to enter the U.S., in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

U.S. judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants

A federal judge put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.

6 years ago

Protesters fighting to save  DACA are marching from New York to Washington D.C. ahead of a Supreme Court hearing. They stopped in Philadelphia on their way to D.C. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Activists fighting to save DACA make stop in Philly en route to SCOTUS in D.C.

They’ll arrive in D.C. on Nov. 12 — just in time for SCOTUS to start proceedings for oral arguments on the future of DACA.

6 years ago

Several VisionQuest employees are seen departing in small groups from the North Broad Streetlocation to join other employees and members of the community at a March 2019 meeting at the nearby Old York House. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Judge: Philadelphia wrongly blocked facility for immigrant minors

VisionQuest, the controversial facility for immigrant minors, has been given the greenlight to reopen after a judge rules zoning permits were wrongly denied.

6 years ago

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Blocked citizenship question not likely to lower census response, test finds

After courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction.

6 years ago

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

Gov. Wolf and a Berks County official are plotting ways to close an immigrant detention center

The controversial Berks Family Residential Center is one of three facilities in the US that detains undocumented parents and children together.

6 years ago

The PennDOT Driver License on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh.
(Katie Blackley/WESA)
Community

PennDOT reviewing Trump administration request for driver’s license data

The U.S. Census Bureau has asked Pennsylvania to voluntarily turn over driver’s license information, as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to compile detailed data.

6 years ago

In this file image, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive at a home during a targeted enforcement operation.  (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family returned home after ICE detention in Pa.

An ICE spokesman confirmed their deportation to the United Kingdom in a statement Wednesday evening.

6 years ago

A person walks into a Utah Driver License Division office in July in Orem, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Census Bureau asks states for driver’s license records to produce citizenship data

The requests are in response to an executive order Trump issued in July after courts blocked his administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

6 years ago

New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference
Courts & Law

Cape May County sues Grewal over directive blocking federal immigration agreements

The lawsuit claims that N.J. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has endangered the public safety of the county by restricting its ability to communicate with law enforcement.

6 years ago

Krevskyi Bohdan, from Lutsk, Ukraine, is a refugee living in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

The changing face of refugees in Pa. as Trump cuts arrivals

The face of refugees coming to the U.S. is changing. The places they're going is changing, too. Why is that happening and what does it look like in Pennsylvania?

Air Date: October 16, 2019

Listen 13:15
Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family detained in Pa. by ICE: ‘We will be traumatized for the rest of our lives’

The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.

6 years ago

Listen 1:01
Southern Delaware’s Latinx population has seen a big growth over the past 30 years. A new report from the Delaware Community Foundation looks at the community’s contributions and challenges to further success. (Courtesy of Delaware Community Foundation)
Community

Report shows Latinx boom in southern Del., but there’s work to do to help newcomers thrive

The Latinx community in Sussex County has grown to about 20,000 — 13 times what it was in 1990 — according to a Delaware Community Foundation report.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in New York City. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump bars immigrants who cannot pay for health care

Trump signed a proclamation barring legal immigrants who cannot prove they will have health care coverage or the means to pay for it.

6 years ago

Gisele Fetterman opens flowers at Hollander's in Braddock, Pa. Hollander's is a co-working space and business incubator for minority, female entrepreneurs from Braddock and surrounding Mon Valley communities on Sept. 19, 2019. (Sean Simmers/PennLive)
Community
PA Post

Pa. second lady Gisele Fetterman: From ‘invisible’ undocumented immigrant to loud, proud advocate

Every day, as she headed out the door for school, Gisele Barreto Fetterman’s mother would tell her that she loved her. Then she told her to be invisible.

6 years ago

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