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Immigration

Step Afrika! rehearses for its production “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence.” (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Step Afrika! tells Great Migration story through dance

With stomping feet, clapping hands and spoken word, the Step Afrika! dance company is in Wilmington this week to tell the story of the Great Migration.

8 years ago

Protesters angered by President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the U.S. rally at Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood/for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

As refugee arrivals fall by two-thirds in Pa., program changes likely to further slow travel

Data from the midway point of this fiscal year show the U.S. and Philadelphia region are far off pace to reach the federal 45,000-refugee ceiling.

8 years ago

In this April 4, 2018 photo, the Zelaya siblings, from El Salvador, Nayeli, right, Anderson, center, and Daniela, huddle together on a soccer field, at the sports club where Central American migrants traveling with the annual
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Immigration update: the migrant caravan, DACA, and ICE crackdowns

Guests: Delphine Schrank, Maria Sacchetti We check in on the caravan of Central American migrants that was journe ...

Air Date: April 9, 2018

Listen 36:17
Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a roundtable meeting on sanctuary cities hosted by President Trump earlier this month.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Courts & Law

Sessions orders ‘zero tolerance’ policy for border crossers

His one-page order lacks specifics on how the policy will be carried out.

8 years ago

Jacinta Morales learned she was pregnant after she was processed into ICE detention. (Liz Jones/KUOW)
NPR
Health

Pregnant and detained

Dozens of members of Congress have called for a thorough investigation.

8 years ago

Left to right: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump calls for military forces on U.S.-Mexico border

President Trump says he wants to use military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

8 years ago

The 1930 U.S. Census
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

On the U.S. census

Guests: Margo Anderson, Ari Berman, Josh Shapiro The Trump Administration has decided to include a question abou ...

Air Date: March 30, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
Ann Draemel engages her students in conversation during an intensive English course for international students at Temple University. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

With fewer foreign students taking intensive English classes, Philly universities pivot

Administrators of intensive English programs say a kaleidoscope of factors have contributed to the contraction — including the economy and the 'Trump factor.'

8 years ago

Listen 5:02
Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a roundtable meeting on sanctuary cities hosted by President Trump earlier this month.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Sessions pushes to speed up immigration courts, deportations

The attorney general may also limit when judges can grant continuances, and who qualifies for asylum in the United States.

8 years ago

Gurbir Grewal, the former Bergen County prosecutor, has been confirmed as New Jersey's attorney general. He is the first Sikh in the nation to serve as a state attorney general.
Politics & Policy

N.J. joins coalition of states challenging census citizenship question

Asking people if they’re U.S. citizens will discourage immigrants from participating in the count, says New Jersey's attorney general.

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)
Politics & Policy

Murphy wants $2.1M to help N.J. immigrants with legal aid

Poor immigrants facing deportation in New Jersey could get access to legal aid under a $2.1 million cash infusion in Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's proposed budget.

8 years ago

In this file photo, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Trump in Toomey’s corner on penalizing Philly, other ‘sanctuary cities’

'I think they are talking to a certain audience within the country,' says Congressman Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia Democrat.

8 years ago

Listen 4:27
Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
Community

Three at Philly immigrant organization fired after claiming boss outed them to ICE

New Sanctuary Movement says decision to terminate the employees stemmed from their disrespect of the organization's conflict resolution process.

8 years ago

Victor Garcia Diaz, left, and Zully Palacios Rodriguez, at a recent demonstration in Richford, Vt. They are two of the undocumented Migrant Justice leaders arrested by ICE.
NPR
Courts & Law

Immigration advocates warn ICE is retaliating for activism

Activists across the country say they are being targeted by federal immigration authorities for speaking out at protests and accusing the government of heavy-handed tactics.

8 years ago

Protesters demonstrate outside of the Mexican Consulate on Independence Mall in Philadelphia on Nov 10, 2014
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Women in struggle from both sides of the border

In thinking about International Women's Day last week, I was reminded of the growing strength of women in the Zapatista movement of my native Mexico.

8 years ago

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