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Immigration

Activists have been calling for the Berks Center to be shut down for years. Tuesday, a county commissioner announced he agrees.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The consequences of US Immigration policies on children

We'll get an update on child separations at the border, discuss the immigrant detention facility right here in Pa., and talk about the psychological consequences these have.

Air Date: August 13, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Small coffee producer Hector Perez dries coffee beans on his home's roof in San Gaspar Vivar, Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

“The migration problem is a coffee problem”

We talk about how low coffee prices are driving Central American farmers to migrate to the U.S. and with La Colombe's Todd Carmichael about the coffee business.

Air Date: August 9, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:03
About 200 protesters hold a vigil outside the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport. Despite being told that they would risk arrest if they stepped out into the street, eighteen demonstrators decided to sit in the road. Police officers stand by. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Community

Pa. ICE detainee stops her own deportation with a phone call

A 27-year-old Salvadoran woman detained by ICE at the Berks Family Residential Center was being deported — until she was allowed to make a call.

6 years ago

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Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia officials urge support for refugees amid reports of impending ‘ban’

Philadelphia officials are urging action, amid reports that the Trump administration could lower refugee arrivals to nearly zero in 2020.

6 years ago

A Guatemalan teen asylum-seeker (left), who isn't able to hear or speak, signs with his mom in Florida. He was brusquely separated from her and held in a shelter for nearly three months, unable to readily communicate, according to a civil rights complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security. (Susan Ferriss/Center for Public Integrity)
NPR
Courts & Law

Homeland Security’s civil rights unit lacks power to protect migrant kids

A former official in the civil rights office says the unit seems afraid to offend U.S. CBP and ICE. Meanwhile, the complaints of abuses of families continue to pile up.

6 years ago

Christi holds a migrant child's hand as they walk to the swimming pool. (Shuran Huang/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

‘I know that they’re cared for.” Why one mom has chosen to foster migrant children

Unaccompanied minors cross the border without family or support. "Any kid that's in my house is, at least while they're here, safe," says one foster mother, Christi.

6 years ago

A Border Patrol officer guards the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales, Ariz., in February. The Supreme Court on Friday said the Trump administration could continue with its plan to use military funds to build a wall along sections of the southern border. (Ariana Drehsler/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court lets Trump border wall move forward, but legal fight still looms

The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use military funds to build sections of the president's desired border wall while litigation is ongoing.

6 years ago

Keith and Keren Byrne are pictured with their youngest child. (Courtesy of Keren Byrne)
Courts & Law

Judge orders ICE to release Irish man slated for deportation after decade in Montco

After two weeks in ICE custody, Irish national Keith Byrne, who had been living in Montco for more than a decade, will be released on a judge’s orders.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey tours a migrant facility at the U.S-Mexico border. (Photo courtesy: Senator Casey's office)
Politics & Policy

Casey calls for immigration reform after tour of border facilities

Pennsylvania's senior U.S. Senator is calling for immigration reform measures after a recent trip to the country's southern border.

6 years ago

New citizens take the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Oakland Park, Fla., earlier this year. The Trump administration has announced there will be changes to the U.S. citizenship test. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration revising U.S. citizenship test

After a series of pilots, the administration says it will roll out the updated version by December 2020 or early 2021.

6 years ago

Congresswomen Mary Gay Scanlon and Madeleine Dean said conditions were adequate, but
Politics & Policy

Two Pa. Democrats make surprise visit to Berks immigrant detention facility

The Berks facility isn't much like the ones on the southern border. The onetime nursing home is smaller, with just 96 beds. Dean described it as a "school you can't leave."

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Warning of danger to children, psychologists urge Wolf to close Berks detention center

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association have both strenuously opposed detention of children.  

6 years ago

President Trump gestures to the crowd during a Keep America Great rally in Greenville, N.C. on Wednesday
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump attacks congresswomen at N.C. rally, as crowd chants ‘send her back’

Trump piled on Rep. Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia as a child. The crowd was egged on by several false explosive claims against her.

6 years ago

Activists have been calling for the Berks Center to be shut down for years. Tuesday, a county commissioner announced he agrees.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Courts & Law

In a change of heart, Berks County commissioner moves to oust ICE

Kevin Barnhardt, a Democrat, had previously defended the Berks County Residential Center.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney voices support for the expansion of the SAFE Network to Philly, where it will offer legal representation for immigrants facing deportation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly pilots program to pay for some detained immigrants’ legal defense

Philadelphia and the Vera Institute of Justice launched a one-year pilot program offering pro bono legal support to low-income immigrants facing deportation.

6 years ago

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