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Immigration

People rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

DACA in the crosshairs

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides protections for immigrant children.

Air Date: November 20, 2019 10:00 am

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José's son, who has schizophrenia, recently got into a fight that resulted in a broken window — an out-of-control moment from his struggle with mental illness. And it could increase his chances of deportation to a country where mental health care is even more elusive. (Hokyoung Kim for NPR)
NPR
Community

A young immigrant has mental illness, and that’s raising his risk of being deported

When José moved his family to the United States from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life.

7 years ago

Asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego on Sept. 26. (Elliot Spagat/AP Photos)
NPR
Community

As border apprehensions decline for 5th consecutive month, migrants change too

The number of people apprehended by U.S. authorities, either attempting to cross the border illegally or presenting themselves at a port of entry, has declined.

7 years ago

People rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA

The nine-member court's decision is expected by June, at the height of the 2020 presidential campaign.

7 years ago

Anel Medina (center), a registered nurse who graduated from Delaware County Community College, joins a rally in support of DACA. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Ahead of DACA hearing, ‘Dreamers’ set to rally in D.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if the Obama-era immigration decision — which affects 4,700 Pennsylvanians — was an executive overreach.

7 years ago

Michelle Lainez, 17, originally from El Salvador but now living in Gaithersburg, Md., speaks during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrants

The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation.

7 years ago

Hundreds rallied outside the Statehouse to push lawmakers to join 13 other states and Washington, D.C. in extending licenses to undocumented immigrants. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

With the election in the rearview mirror, N.J. advocates renew call for driver’s licenses for immigrants

Hundreds rallied outside the Statehouse to push lawmakers to join 13 other states and Washington, D.C. in extending licenses to undocumented immigrants.

7 years ago

In this June 28, 2019 file photo, local residents with visas walk across the Puerta Mexico international bridge to enter the U.S., in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

U.S. judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants

A federal judge put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.

7 years ago

Protesters fighting to save  DACA are marching from New York to Washington D.C. ahead of a Supreme Court hearing. They stopped in Philadelphia on their way to D.C. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Activists fighting to save DACA make stop in Philly en route to SCOTUS in D.C.

They’ll arrive in D.C. on Nov. 12 — just in time for SCOTUS to start proceedings for oral arguments on the future of DACA.

7 years ago

Several VisionQuest employees are seen departing in small groups from the North Broad Streetlocation to join other employees and members of the community at a March 2019 meeting at the nearby Old York House. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Judge: Philadelphia wrongly blocked facility for immigrant minors

VisionQuest, the controversial facility for immigrant minors, has been given the greenlight to reopen after a judge rules zoning permits were wrongly denied.

7 years ago

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Blocked citizenship question not likely to lower census response, test finds

After courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction.

7 years ago

Berks County Residential Center, July 19, 2019. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf and a Berks County official are plotting ways to close an immigrant detention center

The controversial Berks Family Residential Center is one of three facilities in the US that detains undocumented parents and children together.

7 years ago

The PennDOT Driver License on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh.
(Katie Blackley/WESA)
Community

PennDOT reviewing Trump administration request for driver’s license data

The U.S. Census Bureau has asked Pennsylvania to voluntarily turn over driver’s license information, as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to compile detailed data.

7 years ago

In this file image, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive at a home during a targeted enforcement operation.  (Bryan Cox/ICE via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family returned home after ICE detention in Pa.

An ICE spokesman confirmed their deportation to the United Kingdom in a statement Wednesday evening.

7 years ago

A person walks into a Utah Driver License Division office in July in Orem, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Census Bureau asks states for driver’s license records to produce citizenship data

The requests are in response to an executive order Trump issued in July after courts blocked his administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

7 years ago

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