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Immigration

Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
Courts & Law

U.S. court: Feds can’t withhold funds from sanctuary cities

The ruling echoes others that block the department from withholding funds to cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agencies.

7 years ago

Birds fly and land on the U.S. border wall, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Lawmakers in Washington are still finalizing a border security funding deal with more resources for physical barriers. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Congress awaits final border bill with shutdown deadline looming

Spending negotiators may have reached an agreement on an outline to avoid a government shutdown, but the final legislation is still incomplete.

7 years ago

Nearly 1,600 teenage migrants are housed at a temporary emergency shelter in Florida run by a for-profit company. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
NPR
Community

Inside the largest and most controversial shelter for migrant children in the U.S.

Thousands of migrant children arrive at the Southern border every month without their parents. The government sends many of them to an intake shelter in South Florida.

7 years ago

A state trooper pulled over Rebecca Castro, a US citizen, and questioned her passengers about their legal status. That behavior is now forbidden in Pennsylvania, according to new regulations aimed at halting unlawful searches and detentions. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law
ProPublica

Pa. State Police now limited in flagging undocumented immigrants to ICE

The state police just implemented a policy banning some of the most egregious behavior exposed in an investigation last year.

7 years ago

Sandra Diaz, (right), listens as Victorina Morales, (left), recalls her experience working at President Donald Trump's golf resort in Bedminster, N.J., during an interview, Friday Dec. 7, 2018, in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

At State of the Union speech, former Trump golf club worker hopes to soften president’s stance on immigration

With her attendance at State of the Union address, Victorina Morales intends to send a message about immigration.

7 years ago

A bunk bed and desks are seen inside a cell at a Virginia detention center contracted by ICE. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

ICE failed to hold detention center contractors accountable, report finds

According to the report, ICE found 14,000 deficiencies between October 2015 to June 2018 but only issued two fines.

7 years ago

In this file photo, a private security guard patrols outside the Tornillo detention camp for migrants in Tornillo, Texas, Thursday Dec. 13, 2018. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

Force-feeding raises ethics issues for medical professionals who work inside ICE facilities.

7 years ago

This photo taken Oct. 16, 2014, shows a farmer during harvesting of the grain milo just outside the town of Yuma in eastern Colorado. This small farming hamlet of 3,200 near the Nebraska border is home to an increasing number of Latino immigrants, drawn to work in the nearby corn and hog farms. The immigration issue represents a dilemma for Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. in his race against Democratic Sen. Mark Udall in the only state among the dozen or so in play in this year's midterm election race with both a competitive Senate race and a sizable population of Hispanic voters. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Employing the undocumented

How do employers hire undocumented immigrants and what are the laws surrounding this practice? Also, we hear about Trump's use of undocumented labor on his properties.

Air Date: January 30, 2019 10:00 am

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In this file photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents enter a restaurant to remove evidence. (David Duprey/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Across Pa., feds detaining undocumented immigrants at unrelated court hearings

The study confirmed at least one recent court-related arrest in 13 counties across the state.

7 years ago

Children of Mexican immigrants wait to receive a free health checkup inside a mobile clinic at the Mexican Consulate in Denver, Colo., in 2009. The Trump administration wants to ratchet up scrutiny of the use of social services by immigrants. That's already led some worried parents to avoid family health care.
(John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Fear of deportation or green card denial deters some parents from getting kids care

In Texas, researchers studying the issue say it's a major reason why more children are going without health insurance.

7 years ago

Hung Le, of Mount Pocono, Pa., has lived in the U.S. for more than 25 years. He came legally from Vietnam as the son of a U.S. service member, but could be deported because of a crime he committed in 1992. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

He came to the U.S. legally as the son of a soldier. Now ‘one mistake’ could have him deported to Vietnam

About 40 people rallied in South Philly Sunday in support of Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants threatened with deportation, some for decades-old crimes.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, a migrant from Honduras pass a child to her father after he jumped the border fence to get into the U.S. side to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico. The Trump administration expects to launch a policy as early as Friday, Jan. 25, that forces people seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, marking one of the most significant changes to the immigration system of Donald Trump's presidency. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza, AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Official: Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday

The Trump administration on Friday will start forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts.

7 years ago

Left: Sen. Chris Coons (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Right: Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Sen. Coons and fmr. Rep. Dent on the state of politics

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, and fmr. Rep. Republican Charlie Dent join us to talk about the tenor of politics, the shutdown, the President, and the future of governing.

Air Date: January 25, 2019 10:00 am

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An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall, in front of coils of razor wire, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump's proposal to end the partial government shutdown includes funding for more border wall, but also provisions that further restrict asylum seekers.
NPR
Politics & Policy

The border wall isn’t the only reason Democrats oppose plan to end the shutdown

The proposed bill includes some big changes to U.S. immigration policy that were not included in the president's public announcement.

7 years ago

The Thompson and Reyes families took sanctuary at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown in September 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Part 2: Why it’s harder for immigrants to get out of sanctuary than it is to get in

Why a South Jersey couple taking sanctuary in a Philly church still has hope of staying in the U.S. legally.

Air Date: January 23, 2019

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