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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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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

8 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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel
PBS NewsHour
Politics & Policy

Angela Merkel says climate change is ‘a fact,’ laments U.S. stance

8 years ago

South Korean marines march during a military exercise as a part of the annual joint military training called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the U.S. in Pohang, South Korea, April 5, 2018.  REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC16612DBE90
PBS NewsHour
Politics & Policy

Pentagon suspends August military drills with South Korea

8 years ago

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.
Politics & Policy

‘Papa! Papa!’ Audio of children stokes rage over separation

The recording captures the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a U.S. immigration facility.

8 years ago

The Supreme Court Building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Trump admin. asks high court to halt sanctuary cities ruling

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to largely implement a policy of withholding public safety grants from "sanctuary cities."

8 years ago

FILE - In this Monday, June 18, 2018, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump will be in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 23, 2018, to headline the Nevada Republican Party's annual convention and appear at a fundraiser with Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller, Nevada officials confirmed Monday, June 18. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

Border policy fuels backlash against Trump

Amid the criticism, the president dug in Monday , again falsely blaming Democrats for the crisis. His administration put the practice in place and could easily end it.

8 years ago

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., confer during a news conference following a closed-door GOP meeting on immigration last week. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
NPR
Politics & Policy

House GOP immigration bill would modify — but not end — child detentions

In the new legislation, children would now be held in the same place as their parents if they are detained.

8 years ago

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas

Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing.

8 years ago

NPR
Politics & Policy

Faith leaders oppose Trump’s immigration policy of separating children from parents

Tony Suarez, a Latino pastor, tweeted, "God have mercy on those who seem so nonchalant to the plight of children being separated from their parents."

8 years ago

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as her mother, who seeks asylum, is detained at the Southern border near McAllen, Texas, in June. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Trump administration to open temporary tent shelter in Texas for migrant children

The number of migrant children detained by the U.S. government has grown to almost 2,000 minors.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Susan Walsh/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

AG Sessions bashes Philadelphia, defends new border policies in Scranton visit

Sessions spoke at Lackawanna College, one of a handful of engagements in which he's defended controversial federal immigration enforcement policies.

8 years ago

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