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Immigration

Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on a road in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2019. A caravan of about 2,500 Central Americans and Cubans is currently making its way through Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Immigration influx: past and present

First, President Trump is shaking up his immigration enforcement staff. Then, the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and it's role in the immigration influx.

Air Date: April 10, 2019 10:00 am

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President Trump repeated his false claim that the Obama administration had a policy of separating families at the border. (Evan Vucci/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Fact check: Trump wrongly states Obama administration had child separation policy

Trump's false claim that child separations were carried out by the Obama administration has been frequently refuted.

7 years ago

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before serving a employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Los Angeles in January.
Courts & Law

Immigration agents arrest 123 in 14 New Jersey counties

Those arrested range in age from 19 to 56 and included 41 nationals of Mexico, 24 from Guatemala, 16 from Ecuador and 14 from Honduras.

7 years ago

In this March 5, 2019 file photo, Ruth Aracely Monroy walks with her sons in Tijuana, Mexico. After requesting asylum in the United States, the family was returned to Tijuana to wait for their hearing in San Diego. (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Judge blocks Trump’s asylum policy but delays enforcement

A U.S. judge decided Monday to block the Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they wait for an immigration court to hear their cases.

7 years ago

About 50 people attended a Spanish-language information session about Philadelphia's new municipal ID program at Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church in North Philadelphia on Sunday, April 7, 2019. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Community

‘It’s for everyone:’ Philly tries to dispel worries about ID program in immigrant communities

“We want to make sure that in the streets, people don’t think that this is an ID only for immigrants,” ID program director Amy Eusebio told a crowd in North Philly.

7 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens to President Donald Trump, right, speaks to members of the media after Trump signed an executive order to end family separations, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Kirstjen Nielsen resigns from post as Secretary of Homeland Security

President Donald Trump says he's accepted the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Trump announced the resignation in a tweet on Sunday.

7 years ago

Good Neighbor Settlement House in Brownsville, Texas, is helping recently released migrants by offering them a meal, shower and some new clothes before journeying up north to await their day in immigration court. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Shelters and city governments scramble to help migrants in the Rio Grande Valley

More than 76,000 people were apprehended or surrendered on the Southern border in February and administration officials project that number would surpass 100,000 for March.

7 years ago

Merari Calderon, of El Salvador, lines up with her father, Alexander Calderon, left, to cross into the U.S. to begin the process of applying for asylum Thursday, July 26, 2018, near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S. wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families

The Trump administration says the task is more laborious than previous efforts because the children are no longer in government custody.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif., Friday April 5, 2019. Gloria Chavez with the U.S. Border Patrol, center, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen listen. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border

Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught.

7 years ago

A group of immigrants detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania, respond to a protest of the detention center occurring across the street from the facility on the afternoon of July 15. On the left, a man holds a handmade drawing of the Honduran flag. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

In Pennsylvania, a border ‘meltdown’ looks like empty beds at Berks Center

ICE officials said they are no longer sending immigrant families from the border to the Berks Family Residential Center. Now, only nine of its 96 beds are filled.

7 years ago

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After 20 years of teaching English as a second language and offering other classes, Bucks County nonprofit Welcoming the Stranger is recognized for its efforts to help immigrants. (Courtesy of Welcoming the Stranger)
Community

Bucks nonprofit dedicated to helping immigrants wins top national award

After 20 years of teaching English as a second language and offering other classes, Welcoming the Stranger is recognized for its efforts to help immigrants.

7 years ago

In the event of a Southern border shutdown, produce customers in the region could find themselves paying more or unable to buy the fruits and vegetables they need. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

From tomatoes to cucumbers, how a border shutdown could affect produce prices in Philly region

The political uncertainty comes as food wholesalers begin to switch from Mexican suppliers to local sources, which is usually a gradual 6- to 8-week process.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk along the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 31, 2019, as they return from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump considering naming an ‘immigration czar’

As he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Donald Trump is considering bringing on a "border" or "immigration czar" to coordinate immigration policy.

7 years ago

Central American migrants wait for food in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in a pen erected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to process a surge of migrant families and unaccompanied minors.  (Cedar Attanasio/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

More U.S. officers may be reassigned to deal with border crush

The inspectors are instead being put to work processing migrants, taking their applications for asylum and transporting them to holding centers.

7 years ago

A person crosses the street at a U.S Mexico border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow

Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day.

7 years ago

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