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Immigration

President Donald Trump speaks about immigration alongside family members affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants, at the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Friday, June 22, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Trump loses effort to block 2 California immigration laws

The U.S. government sued the state in March as part of a broader effort to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, suspected members of the MS-13 gang are escorted to their arraignment in Mineola, N.Y. A sweep of alleged MS-13 gang members on Long Island has racked up impressive arrest totals but also left unanswered questions. Since May, federal authorities say they've arrested more than 220 members of the notorious street gang. But authorities have largely declined multiple requests by for even the most basic information about the arrests. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

An MS-13 explainer

Guest: Jonathan Rosen Today we’ll discuss the MS-13 gang, who is so often referred to by President Trump when calling for in ...

Air Date: July 5, 2018 10:40 am

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Thirteen children from seven nations took the Oath of Allegience to become U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

America’s youngest citizens reflect on patriotism at Philly naturalization ceremony

“It’s just respecting your country, even if you don’t agree with everything that is going on or everything that is said," said Kayla Davis of West Philly.

7 years ago

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Yeni Gonzalez (center), a Guatemalan mother who was separated from her three children at the U.S.-Mexico border, is embraced by volunteer Janey Pearl Starks as pictures of other children separated from their families are displayed during a news conference on Tuesday in New York City. Gonzalez saw her children in a New York City facility for the first time since mid-May. (Craig Ruttle/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Migrant parents face major obstacles before they can regain custody of their children

A week ago, Yeni Gonzalez was in an immigration detention center in Arizona more than 2,000 miles from her children.

7 years ago

At Mighty Writers El Futuro in South Philadelphia, children donate books and make bookmarks for kids and immigrant families held at the Berks County Detention Center. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Book delivery from Philly kids to federal detention center hits snag

The goal was to provide a token of comfort, escape, to the roughly 20 migrant kids staying at the center in Berks County.

7 years ago

Demonstrators protest ICE outside of the office at Eighth and Cherry streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Overnight protesters stake out ICE building, demand changes in immigration policies

Philadelphia police arrest 29 demonstrators who refused to move from the entrance to the federal facility at Eighth and Cherry streets.

7 years ago

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Gov. Tom Wolf walks with Sen. Bob Casey outside of the Oregon Diner, Friday, May 23, 2014, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Casey, Wolf press feds for details on immigrant children

Tom Wolf and Bob Casey pressed the Trump administration Tuesday for information about immigrant children being held in the state, separated from their families at the border.

7 years ago

Yared Portillo of Juntos speaks at a rally outside 801 Market St. to call for the closing of the Berks County Residential Center, one of three centers in the country used to detain families whose immigration status is undetermined. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Activists clash with Wolf over operation of immigrant detention center

Shut Down Berks Executive Director Sundrop Carter said the group is now urging Governor Tom Wolf to issue an Emergency Removal Order.

7 years ago

The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., where a federal judge ruled against the Trump administration's detention of asylum-seekers.
NPR
Courts & Law

Federal judge orders administration to end arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers

It is a legal setback for the Trump administration's immigration policies.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Murray Becker)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Irving Berlin: Immigrant, patriot, songsmith

Guests: Gary A. Rosen, Drew Nugent The life story of composer Irving Berlin is a  quintessential 20th ...

Air Date: July 3, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Garry Mead, assistant director of detention and removal for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, answers a reporter's question in 2007 in front of cells that housed immigrant families at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas. After a suit by the ACLU, the center ended family detention, and ICE mostly avoided it until 2014. (LM Otero/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.S. has a long, troubled history of detaining families together

Family confinement has a troubled, litigious history in the United States, and legal advocates for immigrants are preparing for a major battle ahead.

7 years ago

Ian Connito said drew this sign depicting a Benjamin Franklin feeling ashamed in an hour. Thousands came out to a protest immigrant family detention Saturday in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Despite heat, ‘Rally to Reunite Families’ draws hundreds in Philadelphia

The protests came more than a week after President Donald Trump ended the policy that separated more than 2,300 children from their parents at the border.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (Nathaniel Hamilton/for WHYY)
Community

Philly and ICE have different stories about arrest warrant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is accusing the city of Philadelphia of not living up to its promise of limited cooperation on handin ...

7 years ago

A senior citizen's group called The Old Farts were arrested in front of Philadelphia’s ICE headquarters Friday morning in protest of the Trump administration’s family separation policy. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘Old Farts’ group protest results in arrest of six at ICE in Philadelphia

A group of elderly protestors blocked the ICE office in Philadelphia this morning. A half dozen decided to be arrested instead of moving.

7 years ago

Alma, 11, and Yaretzy, 11, made bookmarks at Mighty Writers El Futuro in South Philadelphia Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As immigration debate boils, Philly nonprofit sends books to detention center

With the help of a $3,000 grant, Mighty Writers is giving more than a hundred books to migrant children at the Berks County Residential Center.

7 years ago

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