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Immigration

In this May 8, 2019 photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials stand at the new border crossing facility on the U.S.-Canadian border in Derby Line, Vt. Some along the northern U.S. border are worried the temporary transfer of hundreds of border agents south could cause backups of people seeking to enter the United States from Canada during the busy summer tourist season. (Wilson Ring/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

U.S.-Canada border transfers raise fear of delayed crossings

Northern border agents are being sent to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they will help their southern counterparts handle the influx of families from Central America.

7 years ago

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, (left), speaks with troops near McAllen, Texas, about the military’s role in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s effort to secure the Southwest border. At right is Kevin McAleenan, acting DHS secretary. (Robert Burns/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Shanahan wants secure border without continuous military aid

Shanahan said he intends to accelerate planning to secure the border and bolster the administration's ability to accomplish that without the Pentagon's continuous help.

7 years ago

BrightView landscapers work on Independence Mall.  Brightview has been the largest employer of H2B guest workers in the country for the last several years. (Courtesy of BrightView)
Politics & Policy

Pa. landscaping companies vie for some of added summer work visas

Federal officials are releasing 30,000 more non-agricultural seasonal visas, called H-2B visas, amid low unemployment and an immigration crackdown.

7 years ago

In a Thursday, April 4, 2019 file photo, former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is tapping  former border patrol chief Morgan to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Trump tweeted Sunday, May 5, 2019 that Mark Morgan
Politics & Policy

Trump taps ex-Obama border patrol chief as ICE Director

President Donald Trump is tapping a former border patrol chief who served in the Obama administration to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

7 years ago

This December, 2017 photo released by Fin and Fur Films shows a double rainbow over Big Bend National Park, Texas, and the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border, with Mexico being on the right side of the river. The new documentary,
Arts & Entertainment

‘The River and The Wall’ explores Rio Grande’s border world

A new documentary examining the diverse wildlife and landscape of the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border debuted this week at select theaters nationwide and on iTunes.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The American eugenics movement; immigration update

We talk with Daniel Okrent about his new book, "Guarded Gate," a history of the American eugenics movement, but first, we get an update on migrants at the US/Mexico border.

Air Date: May 3, 2019 10:00 am

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In this 2016 photo, a man holds up his iPhone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store in San Francisco. Watchdog groups that keep tabs on digital privacy rights are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are searching the phones and other digital devices of international travelers at border checkpoints in U.S. airports. (Eric Risberg/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

ACLU: Border agents violate Constitution when they search electronic devices

In a legal filing, the agencies said their searches were "a crucial tool for detecting evidence relating to terrorism and other national security matters."

7 years ago

In this June 2018 photo, Christian, from Honduras, recounts his separation from his child at the border. A judge has given the federal government six months to identify children separated from their families. (Matt York/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Court orders administration to identify separated migrant children within 6 months

The administration had said it hoped to identify the children within six months, but it opposed a specific deadline in case finding the children took longer than expected.

7 years ago

Abel Perez (left) and Pablo Alvarez (right), are pictured holding their sons. (Courtesy of Church World Service)
Courts & Law

Cuban immigrants detained by ICE in York for more than a year, despite federal court ruling

Abel Perez, 27, and Pablo Alvarez, 26, both arrived from Cuba at the U.S. southern border in December 2017. Both applied for asylum, and have been held ever since.

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

VisionQuest sues Philly over ‘discriminatory’ immigrant youth shelter decision

VisionQuest is suing Philly for allegedly discriminating against Latinos in its decision to block the opening of a shelter for 60 unaccompanied immigrant minors.

7 years ago

Central American migrants, part of a caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on the road in Escuintla, Chiapas State, Mexico, Saturday, April 20, 2019. Thousands of migrants in several different caravans have been gathering in Chiapas in recent days and weeks. (Moises Castillo/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Frustration grows among migrants in Mexico as support fades

The outpouring of aid that once greeted Central American migrants as they trekked in caravans through southern Mexico has been drying up.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Accuracy at core of Supreme Court case over census question

The fight over the census question is the latest over immigration-related issues between Democratic-led states and advocates for immigrants and the White House administration.

7 years ago

Some detainees at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, went on a hunger strike last year. There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone. (Eric Gay/AP)
NPR
Health

Hunger strikes at ICE detention centers spread as parole, bond are denied

It was at least the sixth hunger strike at a detention center in the first three months of 2019 alone.

7 years ago

Patience Bulus speaks with Professor Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob in his office at Dickinson College. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Education
PA Post

Boko Haram stalled her education. Five years later, she’s starting over in central Pa.

"Whenever I find something is going to discourage me, I would just pray, and then believe that everything is going to be all right."

7 years ago

Yo-Yo Ma brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The project uses the music of Johann Sebastian Bach to explore connections between cultures. (Lauren A. Terrazas/Texas Public Radio)
NPR
Community

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach in shadow of border crossing

The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.

7 years ago

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