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Immigration

In 2011, immigration advocates protested outside the Essex County Correctional Facility, which has one of the most lucrative contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the country. (Mel Evans/AP Photo )
WNYC
NewsWorks Tonight
Money

Under Trump, Democratic New Jersey counties cash in on detaining immigrants

From January 2015 to March 2018 the amount of ICE money sent to Bergen, Essex and Hudson Counties increased 46 percent, amounting to more than $150 million.

8 years ago

Immigration policy protesters have moved from the ICE building at Eighth and Cherry streets to City Hall. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Immigration updates

Guests: Juliana Reyes, Maria Sacchetti, Ronit Stahl Last week, protesters called “Occupy I.C.E.” set up an en ...

Air Date: July 11, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
New Jersey Democrat Donald Norcross (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Norcross calls for immigration deal in wake of visit to displaced minors

Workers at the facility run by the Center for Family Services are doing a good job in caring for the migrant children, congressman says

8 years ago

Dozens of migrant women and their children arrive at a bus station in McAllen, Texas, following their release by Customs and Border Protection last month. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Judge rejects Trump administration’s bid to detain migrant children indefinitely

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee rejected the request for "limited relief" from the settlement, often known as the Flores agreement.

8 years ago

Immigration policy protesters have camped out at City Hall and are calling on Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney to end a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that gives the agency access to a real-time arrest database. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Kenney meets with advocates as Abolish ICE protests mark one week

For about 90 minutes, Kenney listened to the group air their grievances about ICE and the agency’s alleged misuse of the Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System or PARS.

8 years ago

This photo provided to the AP by Panshu Zhao shows Zhao in uniform on Feb. 11, at a U.S. Army Reserve installation in Houston. Zhao is one of dozens of immigrant military recruits and reservists who have been waiting for years to deploy but were recently discharged with little explanatio
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. Army is discharging immigrant recruits who were promised citizenship

"This is a whole disaster," Zhao told NPR.

8 years ago

Immigrants recently processed 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)
Courts & Law

U.S. says it will release, reunite 50 immigrant children

At least 50 immigrant children under age 5 will be released with their parents by Tuesday's deadline for the Trump administration to reunify families forcibly separated.

8 years ago

Edgar Perez Ramirez, left, stands with his 4-year-old son, Franco, in their home in Covington, Ky., on April 28, 2018. Perez left San Marcos, Guatemala, for Kentucky after his father was killed. He was heading to work when agents stopped and arrested him in December. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Courts & Law

Hunger, fear, desperation: What came of an ordinary ICE raid

It had taken a decade for Brandon Tomas Tomas to establish a life in America: a wife, steady job and five American-born children. It took 20 seconds for that life to be taken

8 years ago

Immigration policy protesters have moved from the ICE headquarters at Eighth and Cherry streets to City Hall and are asking Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney to end an agreement with ICE. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Mayor Kenney agrees with ICE protesters, but doesn’t want a repeat of Occupy Philly

Protest moves from ICE office to City Hall, pressuring Philadelphia mayor to end agreement allowing immigration officials to view a real-time arrest database

8 years ago

Listen 3:07
A Pakistani recruit, 22, who was recently discharged from the U.S. Army, holds an American flag as he poses for a picture. The man asked his name and location to be undisclosed for safety reasons. The AP interviewed three recruits from Brazil, Pakistan and Iran, all of whom said they were devastated by their unexpected discharges. (AP Photo/Mike Knaak)
Community

U.S. Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

 Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.

8 years ago

Protesters camped outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices at 8th and Cherry streets are demanding that Mayor Jim Kenney end the city's data sharing contract with ICE.
Politics & Policy

Protesters demand end of Philly’s contract with ICE

The city's contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement grants the agency access to the Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, a real-time arrest database.

8 years ago

Listen 1:58
President Donald Trump speaks about immigration alongside family members affected by crime committed by undocumented immigrants, at the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Friday, June 22, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Trump loses effort to block 2 California immigration laws

The U.S. government sued the state in March as part of a broader effort to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.

8 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, suspected members of the MS-13 gang are escorted to their arraignment in Mineola, N.Y. A sweep of alleged MS-13 gang members on Long Island has racked up impressive arrest totals but also left unanswered questions. Since May, federal authorities say they've arrested more than 220 members of the notorious street gang. But authorities have largely declined multiple requests by for even the most basic information about the arrests. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

An MS-13 explainer

Guest: Jonathan Rosen Today we’ll discuss the MS-13 gang, who is so often referred to by President Trump when calling for in ...

Air Date: July 5, 2018 10:40 am

Listen 16:58
Thirteen children from seven nations took the Oath of Allegience to become U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

America’s youngest citizens reflect on patriotism at Philly naturalization ceremony

“It’s just respecting your country, even if you don’t agree with everything that is going on or everything that is said," said Kayla Davis of West Philly.

8 years ago

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Yeni Gonzalez (center), a Guatemalan mother who was separated from her three children at the U.S.-Mexico border, is embraced by volunteer Janey Pearl Starks as pictures of other children separated from their families are displayed during a news conference on Tuesday in New York City. Gonzalez saw her children in a New York City facility for the first time since mid-May. (Craig Ruttle/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Migrant parents face major obstacles before they can regain custody of their children

A week ago, Yeni Gonzalez was in an immigration detention center in Arizona more than 2,000 miles from her children.

8 years ago

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