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Immigration

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Pa., N.J. Republicans fueling petition to bring DACA to House vote

A group of GOP lawmakers might force Congressional leadership's hand and bring a DACA bill to the floor.

7 years ago

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(Tim Lambert/WITF)
Community

Labor shortages have Pa. farms turning to cumbersome visa program

Some farms are turning to the H-2A visa program, which allows foreign workers to come into the country for seasonal work.

7 years ago

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., speaks at a news conference calling for the passage of the Dream Act in January, along with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Lujan Grisham is one of five Democratic lawmakers, along with nine Republicans, receiving praise over immigration, in the form of paid ads, by the Koch network. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Breaking with Trump’s GOP, Koch brothers praise democrats on immigration

The Koch brothers are going rogue.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on immigration policy in California, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP(
NPR
Politics & Policy

During roundtable, Trump calls some unauthorized immigrants ‘animals’

"We're taking people out of the country, you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people. These are animals," the president said.

7 years ago

(Photo: Sam Kass)
Radio Times
Community

Alex Wagner on identity, ancestry and belonging

Guest: Alex Wagner Until the age of 12, ...

Air Date: May 15, 2018 10:00 am

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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.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration doubles worksite investigations to combat illegal immigration

Immigration officials say they have launched more than 3,500 worksite investigations, already doubling the number of cases compared to the previous fiscal year.

7 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Homeland Security Secretary defends separating families of illegal border-crossers

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

7 years ago

Students attend the ceremony where Gov. Phil Murphy signed the financial aid law.
Politics & Policy

New Jersey opens state college financial aid to unauthorized immigrants

The legislation will help hundreds of immigrants who grew up in the state and attended high school in New Jersey for at least three years.

7 years ago

Central American migrants look through the border wall near the ocean in Tijuana, Mexico, in April.
NPR
Community

Sessions says ‘zero tolerance’ for illegal border crossers, vows to divide families

"If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple," said Sessions.

7 years ago

Members of the opposition to the administration of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez march on Friday to protest the U.S. government's decision to end the Temporary Protected Status designation for nearly 57,000 people from Honduras. Hernandez called the decision a sovereign issue for Washington, adding that
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump Administration ends temporary protected status for Hondurans

In a DHS statement, Nielsen said that she is delaying the effective date for termination of TPS for Hondurans for 18 months, until Jan. 5, 2020.

7 years ago

Bensalem director of public safety Fred Harran addressed a packed room at a township council meeting on Monday night.
Community

Bensalem mayor, public safety director send mixed signals on partnering with ICE

Under 287(g) agreements, ICE authorizes local police to do some of the work its agents usually do, such as verifying the immigration status of people they arrest.

7 years ago

The elaborate costumes of the annual Carnaval de Puebla draw comparisons to the Mummers.
View Finders
Community

Philadelphia’s Carnaval de Puebla makes a grand return

In a flurry of colors and feathers, Philadelphia's Carnaval de Puebla returned to Washington Avenue for a 12th year on Sunday.

7 years ago

Marchers in Philadelphia's El Carnaval de Puebla en Filadelfia don caricature costumes depicting the Mexican army that prevailed over the French and Turkish forces during the 1862 Battle of Puebla, commonly known as Cinco de Mayo. (PRNewsFoto/Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, R. Kennedy for GPTMC)
Arts & Entertainment

Carnaval de Puebla returns to Philadelphia amid increase in deportations

The traditional Mexican celebration resumes in South Philly after skipping a year.

7 years ago

Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), demonstrate on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 3, 2017. A federal judge on Tuesday became the third judge to rule against the administration's plans to end DACA after federal judges in California and New York handed down similar decisions.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Federal judge upholds DACA, calling White House decision to rescind it ‘capricious’

He said that the decision to rescind DACA must therefore be set aside, but he gave Homeland Security 90 days to "better explain its view" that DACA is illegal.

7 years ago

Demonstrators at a rally in Washington, D.C., protest the Trump administration's proposed travel ban, which goes before the Supreme Court Wednesday.
NPR
Courts & Law

In intense arguments, Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump on travel ban

The Trump administration's travel ban finally reaches the SCOTUS Wednesday, posing enormous questions involving the structure of the American government and our values.

7 years ago

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