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Immigration

A girl stands with her mother during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Family separations: the politics, the pushback, and the support

Guests: Adam Serwer, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Anil Kalhan President Trump felt the mounting public and political pres ...

Air Date: June 21, 2018 10:00 am

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens to President Donald Trump, right, speaks to members of the media after Trump signed an executive order to end family separations, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Trump’s immigration order sparks confusion, deep concern

Despite the president's order, lawyer Peter Schey said he was concerned that several thousand children have already been separated from their parents without a clear plan.

7 years ago

Immigrant children walk in a line outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As Trump ends family separation policy, children removed from their parents are already in Pa.

As Trump ends family separation policy, children removed from their parents are already in Pa.

7 years ago

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Immigrants recently processes and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection wait at the the Catholic Charities RGV, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Politics & Policy

Family separation at the US-Mexico border: Candidates take on the issue

In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have echoed one another’s condemnation of the policy.

7 years ago

(Photo courtesy of Mattes via Wikimedia Commons)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

The little things mean a lot

Awards and accolades don't make as much of an impression as the simple joys of daily life

7 years ago

Children listen to speakers during an immigration family separation protest in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. District Court building, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Phoenix. An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Politics & Policy

In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation

"We want to keep families together," he said.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump, left, gestures as he walks with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., right, while leaving the U.S. Capitol in Washington after meeting with GOP leadership, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Walking behind them is Stephen Miller, center, White House senior adviser. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Baby jails: Political turning point, or pit stop toward tyranny?

We appear to be on the precipice of something. I wish we knew what it was.

7 years ago

A 2-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande River from Mexico and were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation. (John Moore/Getty images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘It was hard to take these pictures, knowing what was coming next’

Sometimes, an image, such as John Moore's photograph of a crying 2-year-old Honduran girl, captures the essence of a story that we've all been hearing about.

7 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, walks with President Donald Trump as they head to a meeting of House Republicans to discuss a GOP immigration bill at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Trump stands firm on immigration policy, sees it as a winner

The chorus of condemnation includes Democrats, as well as Republicans, who are increasingly worried that this could damage the GOP's chances in November.

7 years ago

Akemi Vargas, 8, cries as she talks about being separated from her father
Politics & Policy

Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters

Lawyers and medical providers who have visited the Rio Grande Valley shelters described play rooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis.

7 years ago

Protesters at Rittenhouse Square where Vice President Mike Pence is attending a Republican fundraising event. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Hundreds of protesters picket Pence at Philly fundraiser, decry family separations

Hundreds of demonstrators assail vice president over policy of splitting up undocumented families at border.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney said he won't send Delaware National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border until the Trump administration changes its policy of separating children from parents arrested at the border for illegal immigration or held while awaiting a decision on their request for asylum. (Bigstockphoto.com)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Carney refuses request for Del. National Guard troops at Mexican border

'If President Trump revokes the inhumane policy of separating children from their parents, Delaware will be first in line to assist in securing the border,' Carney says.

7 years ago

Abbie Hyde protests the practice of separating children from their families outside of the Center City offices of ICE in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. politicians weigh in on ‘zero-tolerance’ policy that separates migrant families

Approach is 'straight from the pit of hell,' says U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Critics of U.S. government policy that separates children from their parents when they cross the border illegally from Mexico protest in downtown LA on June 14. The former first ladies, and Melania Trump, have pushed back against the policy
NPR
Politics & Policy

First Ladies unite against separating children at border

America's current and former First Ladies are pushing back against the Trump Administration's practice of separating children from their parents at the border

7 years ago

(U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

‘Zero tolerance’ and child detainees in the U.S.

Guests: Julián Aguilar, Laura Benshoff, Dana Sinopoli It’s estimated that in the last 6 weeks, 2,000 child ...

Air Date: June 19, 2018 10:00 am

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