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U.S. Attorney William McSwain (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Delco man sentenced to 30 years for hiding warlord past

A federal judge has sentenced Mohammed Jabbateh to 30 years in prison for lying to U.S. immigration officials about being a brutal warlord during Liberia's first civil war.

8 years ago

Listen 1:46
Members of the New Sanctuary Movement protest outside City Hall
Courts & Law

Court sides with sanctuary cities in fight over grants

The federal government cannot withhold public safety grants from cities that refuse to cooperate with President Trump's immigration policies.

8 years ago

Puerto Rican evacuees Crisjoel Morales Monet, 17, and Judy Morales Monet, 16, are staying at the Holiday Inn Express in Center City with their mom and oldest brother Friday April 20th. They still don't know where to go next. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Even with jobs and plans for a future in Philly, some Puerto Rican evacuees face imminent homelessness

It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Yet some of the 900 families who came to Philadelphia looking for refuge, are still facing homelessness.

8 years ago

Listen 1:49
(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

ICE in the Delaware Valley

Guests: Dale Russakoff A recent report from ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer found that Philade ...

Air Date: April 18, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
President Trump has hailed his appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, but Gorsuch sided against the administration Tuesday in an immigration case
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court strikes down part of immigration law

It's a blow to the Trump Justice Department, and came at the hands, ironically of conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who sided with the court's liberals in a 5-4 decision.

8 years ago

(Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

After critical report, Pa. police review their role in ICE deportations

Pennsylvania’s state police force is reviewing its interactions with the federal immigration and customs enforcement, in the wake of ...

8 years ago

Jose De La Cruz Ramirez, a gardener in Upper Bucks County, was criminally prosecuted before being deported to Mexico. (Courtesy of Linda Ammerman)
Courts & Law

From border-crosser to felon

The Trump administration encouraged prosecutors to seek felony charges against those who re-enter the U.S. after being deported.

8 years ago

Route I-81 near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law

For cops who want to help ICE crack down on illegal immigration, Pennsylvania is a free-for-all

Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.

8 years ago

Listen 5:35
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, April 13, 2018

Bill Cosby’s main accuser takes the stand in his sexual assault retrial. Data shows Philadelphia’s ICE field office is ...

Air Date: April 13, 2018

Listen 24:00
Anne Franco and her husband, Ludvin Franco, on their wedding day (Provided)
Courts & Law

In Pennsylvania, it’s open season on undocumented immigrants

ICE’s Philadelphia office is making more 'at-large' arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions than anywhere else in America.

8 years ago

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

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