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Immigration

In this file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is brought up on stage by President Donald Trump as he takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump’s wall move

Opponents appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can't go along with the White House.

7 years ago

In this Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 file photo, authorities present confiscated passports and identification cards (Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Feds: Philadelphia attorney helped immigrants fake stories to apply for green cards

Andrea W. Clarke faces six counts of fraud as well as charges of making false statements to help immigrants use fake stories to apply for green cards.

7 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain
Courts & Law

Philly’s U.S. Attorney: Rape case shows ‘sanctuary city’ policy is ‘threat to public safety’

U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro ruled that Vasquez will serve the illegal re-entry and sexual assault sentencings consecutively.

7 years ago

Migrant teens walk in a line at a shelter for unaccompanied children, on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Nearly 6,000 abuse complaints at migrant children shelters

Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years.

7 years ago

Elad Dvash-Banks (left) and his husband, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan (center right), and Aiden in their apartment last year in Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
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Courts & Law

Judge rules against State Department in same-sex couple’s citizenship lawsuit

Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks have twin sons, born four minutes apart. The U.S. State Department has maintained that one is a U.S. citizen and one is not.

7 years ago

Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children. Once youth turn 18, they are aged out of the children's shelter and are at risk of being placed in an adult detention facility.
(Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Migrant youth go from children’s shelter to adult detention on their 18th birthday

When children cross the border without their parents, they're sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a home. But everything changes when they turn 18.

7 years ago

Border Patrol agent Vincent Pirro walks towards prototypes for a border wall Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, in San Diego. President Donald Trump is expected to speak about funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border during his State of the Union address Tuesday. (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J., Del. among states claiming hardship over wall funds. Can they prove it?

The Trump administration's decision to use emergency powers to secure funds for a border wall has drawn a legal challenge from 16 states, including New Jersey and Delaware.

7 years ago

Sonari Chidi, 20, a filmmaker and student at University of Pennsylvania, made
Community

Penn student’s documentary examines the media’s role in the refugee crisis

In “Shattering Refuge,” Sonari Chidi speaks to refugees, asylum-seekers, officials and journalists in Kenya, Jordan, and the United States.

7 years ago

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

U.S. agency tightens immigration rules to spotlight child marriage

The Department of Homeland Security has announced new guidelines to track child marriages among immigrants in the United States.

7 years ago

Inside a courtroom at the Cumberland County courthouse. (Tim Lambert/WITF)
Courts & Law

Legal resident sues central Pa. judge over wedding day detainment

The ACLU said Pennsylvania Judge Elizabeth Beckley violated Alexander Parker's civil rights with unlawful detention, interfering with the right to marry, and discrimination.

7 years ago

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

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