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Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport in January.

Scale of immigrants’ political, economic impact depends on who you ask

About 160,000 unauthorized immigrants live in the Philadelphia region. Deducing their impact depends on who you ask.

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Demonstrators gather with more than 200 others at a May Day rally on the steps of the Pennsylvania Capitol Monday in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Speaking is the Rev. Gregory Edwards of Allentown. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Immigrants rally in Harrisburg to oppose Trump’s policies

The first of May — or May Day — saw protests spread across the country as people took off work to voice their frustrations over the T ...

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Faleeha and David are two people who met with the author. They are shown here at Harvest Restaurant in West Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of Akbar Hossain)

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Lifestyle

Uncovering ‘the true America’ in real conversations with a Muslim

Last December, I wrote a commentary condemning hate crimes against Muslims and offering to sit down with anyone who wanted to learn about Islam or meet a Muslim.

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Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)

U.S. high court denies petition by women held in Berks immigrant detention center [updated]

The U.S. Supreme Court has ...

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Christina School Disrict's board voted Tuesday to create Delaware's first

Education

Christina school board approves Delaware’s first ‘safe zone’ policy for unauthorized students

Christina School District on Tuesday became the first in Delaware to adopt a “safe zone” policy that spells out specific step ...

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Martha Obermiller of Denver, right, chants during a rally protesting the immigration policies of President Donald Trump, near the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017.

Courts & Law

A nation built by immigrants, America can’t shake its fears of foreigners

“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY/NewsWorks t ...

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Pennsylvania ACLU lawyer Molly Tack-Hooper speaks at a rally in support of immigrants outside City Hall. Many people go through immigration court without an attorney. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Legal counsel helps turn ‘hopelessness to hopefulness’ for unauthorized immigrants

A new study from the nonpro ...

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney vows the city will remain a sanctuary for unauthorized immigrants. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Kenney responds to Sessions’ threat to cut funds to sanctuary cities

Philadelphia’s mayor is vowing the City of Brotherly Love will continue as a sanctuary city and not comply with federal immigration ...

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Cinco de Mayo, Thursday, May 5, 2011, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Despite El Carnaval cancellation, organizers expect other Philly cultural events to go on

Announcements that Philadelphia’s larger-than-life Cinco de Mayo festival, El Carnaval de Puebla en Filadelphia, would be canceled ...

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Marchers in Philadelphia's El Carnaval de Puebla en Filadelfia don caricature costumes depicting the Mexican army that prevailed over the French and Turkish forces during the 1862 Battle of Puebla, commonly known as Cinco de Mayo. (PRNewsFoto/Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, R. Kennedy for GPTMC)

Philly’s Cinco de Mayo celebration cancelled over fears of immigration crackdown

Organizers of the annual Carnaval de Puebla, one of Philadelphia’s biggest celebrations of Latino culture, have decided to ca ...

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Archbishop urges big turnout for Sunday service to show support for immigrants — NewsWorks

Archbishop Chaput takes stand on plight of immigrants in the region

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is taking a stand in support of all immigrants in the Philadelphia region. The Arc ...

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Pictured are three of four boys who have been held at the Berks County Residential Center with their mothers for more than a year and a half despite their status, which makes them eligible for permanent residency. (Photos provided by Amnesty International)

Amnesty International uses Berks County immigrant cases to highlight prolonged detention

In Berks County in Pennsylvania, four children held in federal immigration detention for more than a year and a half have become the subj ...

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

False reports of ICE checkpoints circulating in Pennsylvania cause real panic

Amid expanded federal immigration enforcement, false accounts of mass checkpoints are making the rounds. Reports of a checkpoint a ...

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David Losia, 21, cuts coconuts for the family pigs in front of his family house flooded by the rising tides where cinder blocks are used as a makeshift walkway in Funafuti, Tuvalu. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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Health

Legal recognition lags as expected ‘climate refugee’ population grows

People migrate for many different reasons – war, persecution, poverty. Here’s another reason: climate change. A 2015 ...

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The Taweels arrived in the U.S. in January as Syrian refugees. Shortly after, they went to Einstein’s pediatric clinic for their first comprehensive health exam in the U.S. Dr. Raghava Kavalla walks with the two boys, 6-year-old Ghassan and four-year-old Anas, to an exam room. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)

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Health

For these Syrian refugees, smiles and tears fill the doctor’s office

For four years now, the pediatric wing at Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia has blocked off Thursday mornings to meet with re ...

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