
Immigration
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 13:15British 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 1:01Report 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
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
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