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Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March in Los Angeles in September to oppose the President Trump's ordered end to DACA protections.

NPR

Politics & Policy

NPR poll: 2-in-3 support legal status for DREAMers; majority oppose building a wall

Partisan dividing lines were sharp, the survey found, and clearly run throughout the immigration debate.

8 years ago

Local DACA beneficiaries and members of Juntos call on the Philadelphia Eagles to boycott a customary White House visit for Super Bowl winners

Politics & Policy

With U.S. funding deadline near, Dreamers ask Eagles to take a stand

Super Bowl champs are asked to 'take a metaphorical knee' to support DACA immigrants by boycotting traditional White House ceremony.

8 years ago

Politics & Policy

Sens. Coons, McCain propose new immigration deal

The bipartisan bill addresses DACA and border security, but it doesn’t include funding for either.

8 years ago

In this Oct. 12, 2017 photo, the hand of Arthur Jemmy, bottom, is held by his wife, Silfia, as they sit and talk at The Reformed Church of Highland Park, where they are taking sanctuary to avoid deportation in Highland Park, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)

Courts & Law

Judge temporarily halts deportation of Indonesian Christians

The order Friday was issued by U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

8 years ago

The Pulse

Health

A mother’s dilemma: Get cancer meds and risk deportation, or hide and surely die

Facing terminal cancer, an undocumented immigrant must decide if access to life-extending medicine is worth the increased risk of deportation.

8 years ago

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Speak Easy

Politics & Policy

Trump should expand understanding of ‘merit’ if he wants to replace diversity visa

Unlike the president, I believe that hard work and a hunger for a better life should be part of assessing 'merit.'

8 years ago

President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud.

National Interest

Politics & Policy

Trump’s acoustic demagoguery stokes our state of disunion

The biggest thigh-slapper of last night's State of the Union was Trump's apparent belief that unplugging his vocal amplifier would somehow soften his demagoguery.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Radio Times

Politics & Policy

State of the Union recap

We get an analysis of President Trump’s first State of the Union address with ...

8 years ago

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President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.

Politics & Policy

Trump State of the Union unites on infrastructure, divides on immigration

President Trump's State of the Union united Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure, but immigration proposal is doing the opposite.

8 years ago

Spanish language immersion is thriving at Lewis Elementary in Wilmington and 25 traditional Delaware elementary schools, plus two charter schools. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)

Education

Spanish immersion keeps growing in Delaware elementary schools

More than one in six Delaware public school kindergartners are enrolled in Spanish immersion, and more schools are interested in starting programs.

8 years ago

The Philadelphia Tribune

Politics & Policy

Rally at N. Philly church for sanctuary of four students

Elected officials and community leaders joined members of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia for a rally on Monday at the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia.

8 years ago

The four undocumented children of Camela Apolonio Hernandez step out of their sanctuary at Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia, heading back to school for the first time since the family received a deportation order.

NewsWorks Tonight

Community

Children joyfully head to school while mom stays in sanctuary of North Philly church

After taking sanctuary Dec. 13 in Church of the Advocate, Carmela Hernandez's undocumented children went back to school. All are in danger of deportation.

8 years ago

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Maria Rocha, a third-grade teacher at the KIPP Esperanza Dual Language Academy in San Antonio, came to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 3 years old.

NPR

Education

Nearly 9,000 DACA teachers face an uncertain future

Of the 690,000 undocumented immigrants now facing an uncertain future as Congress and President Trump wrangle over the DACA program are about 8,800 school teachers.

8 years ago