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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Immigration

A child holds a U.S. flag at a naturalization ceremony at the Wyckoff House Museum in Brooklyn, on June 14, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

DOJ still looking to add census citizenship question, official tells court

Amid tweets by Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make it happen.

6 years ago

In this file photo, VisionQuest appears for Judge Paula Patrick for a Zoning Board hearing, at City Hall, on May 23, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

North Philly center for immigrant minors stalled by Pa. appeals judge

A Pennsylvania appeals court has stayed the opening of a contested immigrant youth facility in North Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Wolf administration: Only Washington can shut down Berks County immigrant detention center

“Governor Wolf urges the Trump Administration to shut this center down."

6 years ago

Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College, Friday, May 24, 2019, in Media, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S. Rep. Dean recounts ‘chilling’ and ‘inhumane’ conditions at Texas, Fla. detention centers

WHYY Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn interviews U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean about her visit to America’s only privately-run detention facility for child migrants.

6 years ago

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The Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security observed overcrowding of families on June 10 at a detention center in McAllen, Texas. The OIG issued a blistering report raising concerns that overcrowding and prolonged detention represent an immediate risk to DHS agents and detainees.
(Office of Inspector General)
NPR
Courts & Law

DHS Inspector General finds ‘dangerous overcrowding’ in border patrol facilities

The report comes amid growing outrage over detention conditions for migrants

6 years ago

In this June 26, 2019 photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, in Miami.  (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Booker unveils immigration plan relying on executive orders

Cory Booker has rolled out an immigration agenda composed of changes he could make without relying on Congress.

6 years ago

A youth stands Sunday by the border fence that separates Mexico from the U.S., where candles and crosses stand in memory of the father and daughter who died during their journey toward the U.S. (Emilio Espejel/AP)
NPR
Community

Border community remembers a father and daughter who drowned crossing the Rio Grande

Residents gathered at vigils in McAllen and Brownsville on Sunday evening to remember the lives of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria.

6 years ago

The U.S. Immigration and Enforcement processing center in Adelanto, Calif., is one of the detention facilities operated by GEO Group Inc. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Under siege and largely secret: Businesses that serve immigration detention

As more businesses face public scrutiny for making money off of the Trump administration's detention of migrants, many activists say the firms involved try to remain secret.

6 years ago

People brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court takes up DACA appeal

The fate of almost a million people brought to the country illegally as children, known as "Dreamers," is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.

6 years ago

PA ACLU Legal Director Vic Walczak speaks at a press conference announcing the lawsuit alongside fellow attorneys and plaintiffs in the case. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Courts & Law

ACLU says Pa. police are improperly racially profiling and detaining drivers

The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing state police for, it says, illegally turning drivers over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

6 years ago

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 (Elizabeth Estrada/WHYY)
Community

Young and undocumented in Philly: How teens are finding support and community

Being in a new country, learning a new culture and language — it’s a lot to digest. At three Philly schools, students approach things as a group.

6 years ago

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FILE - In this March 29, 2019, file photo, cars and trucks line up to enter the U.S. from Mexico at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas. Authorities in far South Texas say U.S. Border Patrol agents have discovered the bodies of four people, including three children, who appeared to have died from heat exposure after crossing the Rio Grande. Hidalgo County sheriff's Sgt. Frank Medrano said the bodies of a woman in her early 20s, a toddler and two infants were found Sunday, June, 23, 2019, in or near Anzalduas Park, which borders the river in the city of Mission. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Community

4 border deaths in Texas could be a preview of the summer

Two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead near the U.S.-Mexican border, overcome by the sweltering heat in a glimpse of what could lie ahead this summer.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2019, before boarding Marine One for the trip to Camp David in Maryland. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump postpones nationwide immigration enforcement sweep

He said in a tweet Saturday he would delay for two weeks to give lawmakers time to discuss border solutions.

6 years ago

Mark Morgan, the new head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, stands for a portrait in his office Friday, Jun. 21, 2019 in Washington D.C. (Shuran Huang/NPR)
NPR
Courts & Law

‘We have no choice’: Acting ICE Director defends planned immigration raids

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to begin arresting and deporting thousands of migrant families in 10 cities across the country as early as Sunday.

6 years ago

A woman waits in line with her child outside the migrant processing center in San Antonio. (Bonnie Petrie/Texas Public Radio)
NPR
Community

African migrants are becoming a new face of the U.S. border crisis

Like the families from Central America, they are traveling great distances after seeing thousands gain entry to the United States in recent months.

6 years ago

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