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Diego Rios, 23, of Rockville, Md., rallies in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, outside of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump will end a program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children and call for Congress to find a legislative solution. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the changes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Guests: Olivia Vasquez, Alan Gomez, Sarah Stillman A lot happened around immigration policy this week. Congressio ...

Air Date: January 12, 2018

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U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD), holds a bipartisan meeting with legislators on immigration reform on January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

PBS NewsHour

Trump asks why U.S. would want to admit more immigrants from ‘s***hole countries’

Trump made the remark in a meeting as Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was explaining the outlines of an agreement that six senators had reached.

8 years ago

Cristina Jimenez speaks to demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. California has the largest number of people who are affected by the law, also known as the Dream Act. (Reed Saxon/AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

GOP senator says lawmakers reach immigration compromise

The group has been working for months in hopes of securing legislation to extend DACA.

8 years ago

Demonstrators urging the Democratic Party to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA) rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles last week.

NPR

Courts & Law

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s decision to end DACA

A federal judge in California late Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Politics & Policy

Trump suggests 2-phase immigration deal for ‘Dreamers’

Seeking a bipartisan compromise to avoid a government shutdown, Trump suggested an immigration deal could be reached in two phases.

8 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions stops to look at cell conditions during a tour of a police station and detention center in San Salvador, El Salvador, in July. The city is known as one of the most dangerous in the world. The Trump administration is expected to decide Monday whether to extend temporary protected status to 250,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. (

Politics & Policy

Thousands in N.J. face deportation should temporary protection end for Salvadorans

A quarter-million Salvadorans in the U.S., could be deported if the Trump administration ends the protection known as TPS.

8 years ago

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)

Courts & Law

Sessions takes aim at judges’ handling of immigration cases

Sessions on Friday launched a review of a little-known but widely used practice of immigration judges closing cases without decisions.

8 years ago

People who call themselves DREAMers protest in front of the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol to urge Congress in passing a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on December 6, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

NPR

Politics & Policy

Republicans and Democrats seek path to DACA deal in coming weeks

Whether or not something passes will likely hinge on two key questions: How far Democrats are willing go to force a vote, and whether President Trump will compromise.

8 years ago

The white Peugeot 405, the vehicle of choice for the Syrian secret police, is parked outside a home in Damascus. In the diorama's upper left corner hangs a camera, suggesting surveillance.
(Rodney Nelson)

NPR

Arts & Entertainment

Artist creates tiny houses from the memories of refugees

Artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and writer, speaker and student Ahmed Badr created the project to humanize the lives and stories of refugees.

8 years ago

Mustafa and Amal are Syrian refugees who moved to Morrisville, Pa. about a year ago. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Courts & Law

Settling into Bucks County, Syrian family has year of worry — and progress

With their two young children, refugees Moustafa and Amal are making a new life for themselves far from Syria's civil war. Their first year in the U.S. hasn't been easy.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, December 28, 2017

Area non-profit organizations anticipate the effects the GOP tax bill will have on charitable giving. An event at the National Constitu ...

Air Date: December 28, 2017

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Politics & Policy

In 2017, Pa. resettled nearly 1,000 fewer refugees than previous budget year

Following an uptick in refugee arrivals during President Barack Obama’s last year in office, the drop-off seems especially steep.

8 years ago

A man from Congo is frisked by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after illegally entering Canada, near the border with Champlain, N.Y. (Lorne Matalon)

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Politics & Policy

Fearing deportation from U.S., migrants walk to Canada

They are taking advantage of a footnote in a Canada-U.S. treaty that says those who cross by foot won't be turned back from Canada until their case is heard.

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