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Immigration

Many women and children arriving from Central America are claiming they're eligible for asylum because they've been the victims of gangs or domestic violence in their home countries. The claims are creating a large backlog and some critics, like former immigration judge Andrew Arthur, say seeking asylum has become a “sort of catchall for truly inventive lawyer
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration moves to reshape who qualifies for asylum

Sessions has intervened in two cases that could have big implications for people who come to the U.S. and seek asylum.

8 years ago

Alma Aparicio spoke at a pro-DACA rally at Rutgers Camden, where she is a student. She immigrated to the United States when she was 3 and is able to work and attend school under the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, now threatened by the Trump administration.
Courts & Law

In New Jersey, immigrant activists try to reclaim DACA deadline day

While two court decisions largely invalidated Trump’s deadline, activists held six rallies across New Jersey Monday to mark the occasion and to add a defiant twist.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Jorge Ramos / U.S. attitudes on immigration

Guests: Daniel Hopkins, Jorge Ramos Journalist JORGE RAMOS ...

Air Date: March 2, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
Immigrants, suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, are transferred to be processed at the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Arizona in 2016. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court ruling means immigrants could continue to be detained indefinitely

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants, even those with permanent legal status and asylum seekers, do not have the right to periodic bond hearings.

8 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a speech on Security and Immigration priorities before a group of law enforcement officials in Norfolk, Va., Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Two towns, two approaches to immigration enforcement in Pa. Which is safer?

Experts can't say whether it's safer to keep ICE at arm's length with "sanctuary" policies or to work closely with federal immigration officers.

8 years ago

Listen 3:54
Six-year-old Sophie Cruz speaks during a rally in front of the Supreme Court next to her father Raul Cruz and supporter Jose Antonio Vargas in 2016.
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court declines to take DACA case, leaving it in place for now

The U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a setback over the DACA program, which shields hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

8 years ago

A dozen representatives of For Our Future political action committee chant outside Sen. Pat Toomey's Philadelphia office in support DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals).
Politics & Policy

With ‘meaningless’ DACA deadline looming, immigrant groups in Pa. regroup

On Sept. 5, the Trump administration announced an end to DACA. He also issued an ultimatum to Congress: create a permanent law by March 5.

8 years ago

(Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Un-sanctuary: Some Pa. police departments pull closer to ICE

It’s normal for police departments to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement, but ICE has repeatedly attempted to enlist local police in carrying out immigration arrests.

8 years ago

Listen 5:25
People wave U.S. flags during a 2017 naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
NPR
Community

America no longer a ‘nation of immigrants,’ US Citizenship and Immigration Services says

USCIS officials say the new mission statement reflects the focus on "fairness, lawfulness, efficiency, as well as protecting American workers and safeguarding the homeland."

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, February 22, 2018

While so-called sanctuary cities get a lot of media attention for refusing to work with immigration officials, some Pennsylvania towns ar ...

Air Date: February 22, 2018

Listen 23:08
Demonstrators protest the lack of a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which includes so-called DREAMers, last month outside of Federal Plaza in New York City. There is still no deal. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Is the March 5 DACA deadline meaningful anymore?

When it comes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program and Congress, no one seems to know what comes next.

8 years ago

On Jan. 31, when Jose “Ivan” Nuñez Martinez and Paul Frame showed up in Philadelphia for a mandatory interview to adjust Martinez's immigration status, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested him. (Provided)
Courts & Law

Will Chesco man’s arrest at green card interview scare off undocumented immigrants trying to legalize status?

On Jan. 31, when Jose Nuñez Martinez showed up in Philadelphia for a mandatory interview to adjust his status, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested him.

8 years ago

Listen 1:30
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives at the Capitol in Washington, in a photo from September.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate fails to advance any immigration proposals

Senators scrambled behind the scenes to try to rally support for a bipartisan compromise on Wednesday.

8 years ago

The capitol is seen against a darkened blue sky
PBS
Politics & Policy

Watch: Senate to vote on immigration proposals

A bipartisan group of senators pitching an immigration bill is pushing back against criticism from the Trump administration.

8 years ago

Protesters marched in Washington, D.C., in September in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
NPR
Courts & Law

2nd federal court blocks Trump from rescinding DACA

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Trump administration cannot end the Obama-era program.

8 years ago

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