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Immigration

An Iraqi woman walks through a plume of smoke rising from a massive fire at a liquid
gas factory as she searches for her husband in Basra, Iraq, May 2003.
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Lynsey Addario: photos of love and war

Guest: Lynsey Addario LYNSEY ADDARIO has spent two ...

Air Date: October 30, 2018 10:00 am

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen inaugurates a newly completed renovated section of the border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, Calif. As a migrant caravan heads toward the U.S., Nielsen says her agency has asked for the military's help. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visits new border wall in California

The Trump administration's plan calls for the troops to be in place by Tuesday — one week before Election Day.

7 years ago

A banner hanging from the National Museum of American Jewish History [Alex Stern]
Radio Times
Community

Living in Philly without English

Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez  The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...

Air Date: October 25, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Jose
Courts & Law

Chesco man arrested at green card interview released after 9 months in detention

Nearly nine months after federal immigration enforcement agents arrested and detained Jose “Ivan” Nu ...

7 years ago

Founders Hall at Haverford College (Wikimedia Common s)
Courts & Law

Haverford College sues Trump admin. over crackdown on lapsed student visas

More than one in ten of the 1,300 students enrolled at the 185-year-old Quaker institution have student visas.

7 years ago

Thousands of Honduran migrants and families walk towards the southern Mexico border from Guatemala. Many say they are headed to the U.S. The White House said on Tuesday that a record number of migrant families have arrived at the Southwest border over the last year. (Oliver de Roos/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. apprehended record number of migrant families at southwest border

More than 161,000 migrant family members were apprehended or found inadmissible at the Southwest border in FY 2018, which ended last month.

7 years ago

A child is carried over the border fence as thousands of Honduran migrants rush across the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Migrants broke down the gates at the border crossing and began streaming toward a bridge into Mexico. After arriving at the tall, yellow metal fence some clambered atop it and on U.S.-donated military jeeps. Young men began violently tugging on the barrier and finally succeeded in tearing it down. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’s reducing Central American aid over migrants

President Trump said Monday the U.S. would begin "cutting off, or substantially reducing" aid to three Central American nations over a migrant caravan heading to the U.S.

7 years ago

Thousands of migrants attempted to cross the border from Guatemala into Mexico this week. Many of the migrants have reportedly returned to their home countries of Honduras and Guatemala. (Oliver de Ros/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As border restrictions tighten, some experts see migrant caravans growing in size

As border restrictions have tightened, the journey for migrants has become more expensive and dangerous, increasing incidences of extortion and trafficking.

7 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

ICE appears to end use of federal prisons for immigrant detainees

A total of only three ICE detainees remain across the five prisons that once held hundreds of immigrants.

7 years ago

Protesters gather at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office at North Eighth Street after a rally in Center City Philadelphia June 30. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Immigrants in Philadelphia want help, but Dems say wait until after Nov. 6

Seeking action on immigration promises, and warning that their their votes are not guaranteed, immigrants and their advocates have targeted incumbent Democrats.

7 years ago

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A sign outside Ajo, Ariz., warns hikers to keep an eye out for people who have unlawfully crossed the nearby border with Mexico. (Ryan Lucas/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Deep in the desert, a case pits immigration crackdown against religious freedom

A humanitarian activist, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is saying that his faith compels him to offer assistance to people in dire need, including immigrants.

7 years ago

This Aug. 9, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows a scene from a tour of South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)
Courts & Law

New deal keeps open facility that detains immigrant families

The U.S. government has quietly reached a new agreement to keep open a 2,400-bed detention facility used to detain immigrant mothers and children.

7 years ago

Just outside the tiny town of Tornillo, Texas, is a temporary shelter for migrant children. It opened in June and last month the federal government announced it was expanding the shelter's capacity to 3,800 beds — making it the largest shelter in the system for kids who cross the border alone. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services via AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. plans to expand tent camp in Texas for unaccompanied migrant children

Reporters got a rare glimpse inside the facility on Friday.

7 years ago

A large contingent of immigrants from Mexico and other Spansih-speaking countries participate in a May Day march in Philadelphia focused on President Donald Trump's immigration policies. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Proposed U.S. change on evaluating green card, visa applications could impact Philly kids

The proposal calls for looking at use of food stamps, federal medical assistance and housing assistance when weighing an immigration application.

7 years ago

This November 2017 photo provided by Badamsereejid Gansukh shows him in front of a U.S. military recruiting office in New York's Times Square. Gansukh, whose recruiter told him his Turkish language skills would be an asset to the military, said he didn’t know he was discharged at all until he asked his congressman’s office in the summer of 2018 to help him figure out why his security screening was taking so long. (Courtesy of Badamsereejid Gansukh via AP)
Politics & Policy

Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in 1 year

The AP has interviewed more than a dozen recruits from Brazil, Pakistan, Iran, China and Mongolia who all said they were devastated by their unexpected discharge.

7 years ago

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