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Immigration

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)
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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

From left, U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Racist rhetoric from the White House

We discuss President Trump's racist attacks on Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley, all women of color, and the political and public response.

Air Date: July 17, 2019 10:00 am

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A migrant family waits in Tijuana, Mexico, before being transported to the San Ysidro port of entry to begin the process of applying for asylum in the United States. A new U.S. rule would bar Central American migrants from applying for asylum at the U.S. southern border. (Gregory Bull/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. implementing ‘3rd Country’ rule on Central American migrants seeking asylum

The DOJ and Homeland Security say potential refugees from Central America who want to seek asylum in the U.S. must first apply for that status in the first country they enter.

6 years ago

Hundreds of people march in New York in opposition to the Trump administration's plans to continue with raids to catch immigrants in the country illegally in Queens on Sunday. (Julius Constantine Motal/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump’s nationwide immigration raids fail to materialize

In the cities where rumors of mass raids swirled, many immigrants stayed inside their homes, as jitters turned vibrant migrant markets and commercial corridors eerily quiet.

6 years ago

(Nick Underwood/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

U.S. cities prepare for planned ICE raids

According to reports, ICE is prepared to target about 2,000 recently arrived migrant families.

6 years ago

Reps. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas (left), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., attend a House oversight hearing on conditions for detained migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘Shaken to my core’: Testimony describes conditions for detained migrants

A lawyer, lawmakers and the acting Homeland Security inspector general spoke to members of the House oversight committee about what they have seen at the Southern border.

6 years ago

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

ICE to deport Irish father-of-three after a decade in Montco

Keith Byrne has lived in Pennsylvania for more than a decade and could be deported any minute. He’s one of an estimated 50,000 unauthorized Irish immigrants in the U.S.

6 years ago

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