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Central American immigrant families walk after crossing from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum in Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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Inside the trial of 3 Guatemalan mothers separated from their children

Three young Guatemalan women went on trial this week at the red-rock federal courthouse in Alpine, Texas.

7 years ago

A person is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on April 11 in New York City. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

ICE to send 1,600 detainees to federal prisons

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has acquired new space in federal prisons to house immigrant detainees — more than 1,600 beds.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, June 7, 2018

We look at the Twitter scandal that prompted Sixers President Bryan Colangelo to resign today.  The New Jersey legislature unanimously p ...

Air Date: June 7, 2018

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Race Street in Philadelphia's Chinatown.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Pew report: Immigrants give Philly a population boost

Philadelphia — now known, and sometimes targeted, for its immigrant-friendly policies — has reversed a longstanding population decline, thanks to an influx of immigrants.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 6, 2018

A federal judge prohibits the federal government from penalizing Philadelphia in response to its sanctuary city policy. The Pennsylvania ...

Air Date: June 6, 2018

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Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Federal judge says Philly’s sanctuary city policies made ‘in good faith,’ delivers blow to Sessions

Mayor Jim Kenney declares U.S. ruling “total and complete victory” for Philadelphia.

7 years ago

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Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., left, speaks next to Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., and Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, during a May 9, 2018 news conference on a discharge petition to force votes on immigration legislatio
NPR
Politics & Policy

Immigration clash in Congress coming in June

7 years ago

The ACLU and human rights groups rallied outside of the Center City offices of ICE in Philadelphia to protest the practice of separating children from their families. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly protest, dozens more blast Trump for splitting up families at Mexican border

The Center City protesters were among thousands of immigrant advocates in more than 30 cities who took to the streets to assail the policy.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

ICE: Then and now

Guests: Roque Planas, Mae Ngai, Carola Suárez-Orozco “If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you ...

Air Date: May 30, 2018 10:00 am

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Nurse with child
Health

Campaign pushing Pa. to cover unauthorized children through state health insurance

Advocate says change can be accomplished simply: Remove 13 words in the current CHIP statute that exclude undocumented kids from eligibility.

7 years ago

Bryan Norris, founder of the Refugee Makers Project in Lancaster, holds two caftans, which creator Remmy Kasongo calls bubus.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Budding clothing line provides lifeline for African refugee starting over in Lancaster

A small but growing clothing line from Lancaster, Pennsylvania is an unusual example of an African refugee being able to put to work skills he used back home.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, May 22, 2018

Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on worker rights, will cause more labor disputes to move from the courts into private arbitrati ...

Air Date: May 22, 2018

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Paul Frame is an American citizen and husband of Ivan Martinez. The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Juntos, members from the immigrant and LGBTQ communities and allies gathered at the William Way LGBT Community Center in Center City, Philadelphia on May 22, to announce the federal filing of a legal complaint to end the unlawful detention of Jose “Ivan” Noe Nuñez Martinez, who has been in detention since Jan. 31, 2018 after ICE showed up to a routine marriage interview at USCIS. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

ACLU of Pa. pushing for release of gay immigrant who faces danger in Mexico

ICE agents arrested Jose “Ivan” Nuñez Martinez in January as he and his husband, Paul Frame, a U.S. citizen, were taking steps to apply for his green card.

7 years ago

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a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market
Politics & Policy

Philly officials: DHS proposal would penalize legal immigrants for kids’ public assistance

The latest immigration battle between the federal government and cities like Philadelphia: public assistance programs, such as food stamps and Medicaid.

7 years ago

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before serving a employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Los Angeles in January.
Courts & Law

U.S. and Philadelphia reject ‘sanctuary city’ compromise

Philly officials and the Justice Department are rejecting a federal judge's idea for settling their dispute over how the city deals with immigrants in the country illegally.

7 years ago

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