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Immigration

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.

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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
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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

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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."

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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)
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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.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Susan Walsh/AP Photo, file)
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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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A group of children hold up signs during a demonstration in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices, Friday, June 1, 2018, in Miramar, Fla. The children were taking part in the Families Belong Together Day of Action, where demonstrators in cities across the U.S. protested against separating immigrant children from their families. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
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Community

A father’s plea in defense of all children

It’s almost Father’s Day, and my government has detained nearly 1,500 undocumented immigrant children — many forcibly separated fro ...

8 years ago

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Courts & Law

‘These are not kids kept in cages’: Inside a Texas shelter for immigrant youth

Casa Padre is a former Walmart Super Center converted into living, recreation and dining quarters for 1,469 immigrant boys, ages 10 to 17.

8 years ago

Susan McAninley collects stories from the descendants of immigrants who came through Pier 53 in South Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

A quest to conjure Philadelphia’s immigrant past at Pier 53

Pier 53, in South Philly, was the city’s own version of Ellis Island. One woman has made it her business to preserve the stories of immigrants who came through the pier.

8 years ago

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The joint bid for World Cup went to North America. What are Philly’s chances of landing the games? New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ...

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A document identifying Saja Iwensky from the Feldafing displaced person’s camp in Germany   (Courtesy of Judy Eidelson)
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Did European immigrants come to the U.S. ‘the right way’?

How hard was it to immigrate when people coming to the U.S. were more likely to be from Italy than El Salvador?

8 years ago

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A girl stands with her mother during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new
Health

Philly mental health experts call for end to separating kids, parents at Mexican border

Separating young children from parents can lead to "disruptive attachment" and increase their risk of developing PTSD, anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems.

8 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan takes questions last week from reporters following a closed-door GOP meeting on immigration without reaching an agreement between conservatives and moderates.
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House to vote next week on competing immigration bills

House Speaker Paul Ryan's office announced late Tuesday a vote on two immigration bills next week to address the legal status of people brought to the U.S. as children.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks at the Justice Department's Executive Officer for Immigration Review (EOIR) Annual Legal Training Program on Monday in Tysons, Va. Sessions spoke about his plan to limit reasons for people to claim asylum in the U.S
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Politics & Policy

Attorney General denies asylum to victims of domestic abuse, gang violence

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is imposing sharp new limits on who can get asylum in the United States

8 years ago

Central American immigrant families walk after crossing from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum in Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

Inside the trial of 3 Guatemalan mothers separated from their children

Three young Guatemalan women went on trial this week at the red-rock federal courthouse in Alpine, Texas.

8 years ago

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