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Immigration

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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Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
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)
NPR
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.

8 years ago

Santa makes an appearance at a  Christmas party for Puerto Rican families at the office of Association of Puerto Ricans In March, on Philadelphia Saturday, for about 20 families displaced from Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

A Philly 'Parranda' brings its own kind holiday cheer to displaced families

Hurricane refugees from Puerto Rico gather in North Philly to celebrate the holiday and face an uncertain future

8 years ago

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Tettie Addy
Courts & Law

In Philly halls of justice, feds seizing more immigrants with no criminal past

As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, ICE agents find courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants.

8 years ago

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Osman Enriquez arrives at immigration enforcement offices in Philadelphia with his fiancee, Cindy, and year-old son, Jayden. Enriquez was threatened with deportation after his DACA application was lost in the mail.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

ICE arrests Pa. man in DACA limbo, highlighting confusion over program’s future

The Trump administration is ending DACA in March, and gave Dreamers until October to apply to renew their participation, but some applications got lost in the mail.

8 years ago

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An ICE employee waiting to enter the all-male Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga. (Kate Brumback/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Federal investigation finds ‘significant issues’ at immigrant detention centers

Immigrants detained at four centers used by ICE are subject to inhumane treatment, given insufficient hygiene supplies and medical care, and provided potentially unsafe food.

8 years ago

Carmella Hernandez and her family, taking sanctuary from deportation in a North Philadelphia church, ask for support on social media.
Community

Fearing drug traffickers in Mexico, family takes sanctuary from deportation in N. Philly church

Federal immigration authorities ordered Carmela Apolonio Hernandez to leave the country by Friday, but she has no intention of complying.

8 years ago

Sauveur Jean Jean, an immigrant from Haiti with a removal order, and his wife Vladine Thomas, a U.S. citizen, face an uncertain future.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Delaware family with mixed-citizenship status divided days before baby is born

Sauveur Jean Jean, an immigrant from Haiti with a removal order, and his wife Vladine Thomas, a U.S. citizen, face an uncertain future.

8 years ago

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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

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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

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