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Immigration

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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 years ago

A bunk bed and desks are seen inside a cell at a Virginia detention center contracted by ICE. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

ICE failed to hold detention center contractors accountable, report finds

According to the report, ICE found 14,000 deficiencies between October 2015 to June 2018 but only issued two fines.

8 years ago

In this file photo, a private security guard patrols outside the Tornillo detention camp for migrants in Tornillo, Texas, Thursday Dec. 13, 2018. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

Force-feeding raises ethics issues for medical professionals who work inside ICE facilities.

8 years ago

This photo taken Oct. 16, 2014, shows a farmer during harvesting of the grain milo just outside the town of Yuma in eastern Colorado. This small farming hamlet of 3,200 near the Nebraska border is home to an increasing number of Latino immigrants, drawn to work in the nearby corn and hog farms. The immigration issue represents a dilemma for Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo. in his race against Democratic Sen. Mark Udall in the only state among the dozen or so in play in this year's midterm election race with both a competitive Senate race and a sizable population of Hispanic voters. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Employing the undocumented

How do employers hire undocumented immigrants and what are the laws surrounding this practice? Also, we hear about Trump's use of undocumented labor on his properties.

Air Date: January 30, 2019 10:00 am

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In this file photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents enter a restaurant to remove evidence. (David Duprey/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Across Pa., feds detaining undocumented immigrants at unrelated court hearings

The study confirmed at least one recent court-related arrest in 13 counties across the state.

8 years ago

Children of Mexican immigrants wait to receive a free health checkup inside a mobile clinic at the Mexican Consulate in Denver, Colo., in 2009. The Trump administration wants to ratchet up scrutiny of the use of social services by immigrants. That's already led some worried parents to avoid family health care.
(John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Fear of deportation or green card denial deters some parents from getting kids care

In Texas, researchers studying the issue say it's a major reason why more children are going without health insurance.

8 years ago

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