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Immigration

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference in Baltimore, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, to announce efforts to combat the MS-13 street gang with law enforcement and immigration actions. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Sessions: NYC terror attacks show immigration a security issue

Sessions called anew Tuesday on Congress to strengthen immigration laws and said President Donald Trump's administration was taking steps to more strictly enforce law.

8 years ago

Sisters Faridah, and Noor Fauziah Rashid fled Malaysia as refugees and resettled in Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Rohingya refugees resettled in Philadelphia find freedom that was worth the journey

Considered the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world, Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar by the thousands in recent years. Some now call Philadelphia home.

8 years ago

Listen 3:42
Laura Benshoff (right) describes the obstacles she's encountered while reporting on immigration for WHYY during
Community

‘I’ve lived it’: Examining how journalists report on the immigrant experience

A roundtable hosted by WHYY and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture focused on immigration reporting at a time when political rhetoric on the issue is becoming increasingly divisive.

8 years ago

Bangladeshi descent American Hoshneara Begum, center, leads chant of slogans against what they call a
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

The justices say in an order Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts.

8 years ago

If the White House approves a proposal to change how the government collects race and ethnicity data, white people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background. But on this 2010 Census form, answering
NPR
Politics & Policy

2020 Census may ask white people to get specific about their ethnicity

Anyone who checks off the "white" box could also mark boxes for groups such as "German," "Irish" and "Polish" or write in another option.

8 years ago

Bowser presents Trial by Jury, A Case of Deportation at the Broad Performing Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

‘Trial by Jury’ puts us in the courtroom to deliberate hot-button issues

Imagine being on a jury and deliberating cases on controversial topics that dominate our daily conversations. Would your views change in the jury room?

8 years ago

Listen 5:24
Hasib licks his fingers during the Annual Thanksgiving Celebration dinner. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

A first Thanksgiving for some new Philadelphia residents

New arrivals to the U.S. come from many countries and cultures, and they all can appreciate a warm welcome, plus a little help learning what this country is all about.

8 years ago

Listen 5:20
NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, November 23, 2017

We attend a special Thanksgiving celebration with new immigrants to Philadelphia. Chef Angie Branca, known for the cuisine of her native ...

Air Date: November 23, 2017

Listen 23:35
Religious leaders and activists from Church World Service hold up a door, closed to refugees, during a protest urging congress to pressure US President Donald Trump to allow more refugees to enter in front of the Capitol in September.
NPR
Community

Opposition to refugee arrivals keeps getting louder

A few days after Trump was elected, more than a hundred people packed into a church in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to hear about refugee resettlement in their town. It didn't go well.

8 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers the keynote address during the General Assembly of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

DOJ gives funding advantage to cities cooperating with immigration authorities

The news comes not long after a number of federal courts blocked the Trump administration from attempting to keep grant funding from sanctuary cities.

8 years ago

Marie Belfort (center) and other Haitian Philadelphians gather outside City Hall to celebrate Haitian Flag Day
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

With protected status ending in 2019, Haitians in the Philadelphia region weigh tough options

On Monday, the Trump Administration announced it will end a program that protects an estimated 4,800 Haitians in New Jersey and Pennsylva ...

8 years ago

Listen 3:02
Protesters stand arm-in-arm as they block an entrance to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco, Calif., on May 1. San Francisco sued the Trump administration over its threats to cut grant money to cities that don't fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Judge blocks Trump administration from punishing ‘sanctuary cities’

The Trump administration cannot withhold federal money to punish local governments for their noncompliance with immigration authorities.

8 years ago

 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

U.S. judge: Sessions can’t deny grant to Philadelphia for being ’sanctuary city’ [updated]

The judge's decision represents a significant blow to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has sought to punish so-called sanctuary cities.

8 years ago

Listen 2:23
Gerardo Aguillon Castro (right) and Alana Adams, left, canvass businesses and homes in South Philadelphia as part of a
Community

After ICE arrests, volunteers canvass for immigrant rights in South Philly

Immigration advocates want to inform undocumented immigrants about their rights when facing detention or deportation — and trying to get neighbors to help.

8 years ago

This Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump Organization asked the federal government on July 20, 2017, to grant dozens of special visas to foreign nationals to work at two of the President Donald Trump’s private clubs in Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago resort. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Money

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers

Managers attest there aren't enough Americans qualified, willing and available to do the work.

8 years ago

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