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Immigration
NewsWorks Tonight, December 28, 2017
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Air Date: December 28, 2017
Listen 21:10In 2017, Pa. resettled nearly 1,000 fewer refugees than previous budget year
Following an uptick in refugee arrivals during President Barack Obama’s last year in office, the drop-off seems especially steep.
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Fearing deportation from U.S., migrants walk to Canada
They are taking advantage of a footnote in a Canada-U.S. treaty that says those who cross by foot won't be turned back from Canada until their case is heard.
7 years ago
A Philly 'Parranda' brings its own kind holiday cheer to displaced families
Hurricane refugees from Puerto Rico gather in North Philly to celebrate the holiday and face an uncertain future
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Listen 1:34In Philly halls of justice, feds seizing more immigrants with no criminal past
As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, ICE agents find courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants.
7 years ago
Listen 6:22ICE arrests Pa. man in DACA limbo, highlighting confusion over program’s future
The Trump administration is ending DACA in March, and gave Dreamers until October to apply to renew their participation, but some applications got lost in the mail.
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Listen 2:10Federal investigation finds ‘significant issues’ at immigrant detention centers
Immigrants detained at four centers used by ICE are subject to inhumane treatment, given insufficient hygiene supplies and medical care, and provided potentially unsafe food.
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Fearing drug traffickers in Mexico, family takes sanctuary from deportation in N. Philly church
Federal immigration authorities ordered Carmela Apolonio Hernandez to leave the country by Friday, but she has no intention of complying.
7 years ago
Delaware family with mixed-citizenship status divided days before baby is born
Sauveur Jean Jean, an immigrant from Haiti with a removal order, and his wife Vladine Thomas, a U.S. citizen, face an uncertain future.
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Listen 4:41Sessions: NYC terror attacks show immigration a security issue
Sessions called anew Tuesday on Congress to strengthen immigration laws and said President Donald Trump's administration was taking steps to more strictly enforce law.
7 years ago
Rohingya refugees resettled in Philadelphia find freedom that was worth the journey
Considered the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world, Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar by the thousands in recent years. Some now call Philadelphia home.
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Listen 3:42‘I’ve lived it’: Examining how journalists report on the immigrant experience
A roundtable hosted by WHYY and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture focused on immigration reporting at a time when political rhetoric on the issue is becoming increasingly divisive.
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Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
The justices say in an order Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts.
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2020 Census may ask white people to get specific about their ethnicity
Anyone who checks off the "white" box could also mark boxes for groups such as "German," "Irish" and "Polish" or write in another option.
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‘Trial by Jury’ puts us in the courtroom to deliberate hot-button issues
Imagine being on a jury and deliberating cases on controversial topics that dominate our daily conversations. Would your views change in the jury room?
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