Immigration
DACA dollars the goal of new fundraising effort
While the Trump administration has stopped accepting new applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, some “dreamers ...
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Wolf urges Pennsylvania members of Congress to protect DACA
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is urging Pennsylvania’s members of Congress to preserve a program being ended by the Trump administration ...
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DACA recipient at Wesleyan hopes Congress keeps program
WHYY recently told the story Delaware vo-tech student Alejandra Villamares, who won a ...
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Del. State Dreamers fear deportation following Trump DACA announcement
Dreamers in Delaware are concerned after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of DACA. When Kevin Gutierrez was 8 ...
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Area U.S. lawmakers hit moderate notes on DACA
Area lawmakers in Congress say the children of immigrants covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, s ...
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‘Dreamers’ react in anger, fear, but not surprise over Trump ending DACA
Anel Medina was five when her mother illegally brought her to Chester County from Mexico. On Tuesday, the 26-year-old registered n ...
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Trump to Congress: ‘Get ready to do your job’ on immigration
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday it’s up to Congress to ultimately decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigr ...
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Shielding immigrant mothers from deportation benefits their children’s mental health
A new study in the journal Science shows that the debate over unauthorized immigrants is not just an political issue; it’s ...
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N.J. hospitality industry worried Trump could restrict worker visa program
Some New Jersey businesses that rely on foreign students to fill seasonal jobs are hoping President Trump backs away from a campaign prom ...
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On ‘Radio Times’: Young immigrants who are used to DACA may face a difficult change
President Trump is expected to announce a decision on whether or not he will continue the five-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arr ...
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Philly sues AG Sessions to keep funding now under threat by ‘sanctuary city’ status
Philadelphia officials are suing U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in federal court over “unlawful” grant conditions that p ...
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Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the count ...
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Pa. small courts improve access to translators in criminal cases, still lag in other areas
Small courts in Pennsylvania are not consistently using professional interpreters, according to a recent report on 19 magisterial distric ...
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After immigration judge frees kids from 22-month detention, ICE fights to bring them back
On a video-conferencing screen at an immigration court in York County Prison, a 4-year-old boy appears, sitting in a white plastic chair ...
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Immigration crackdown reaches deep into New Jersey communities
New data reveals that more than 90 percent of the state’s municipalities have cases pending in immigration court, the fifth-largest cas ...
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