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Immigration

Kula Pelima admitted to killing two children inside a Wilmington home on Monday, police said. (photo courtesy Wilmington Police)
Courts & Law

Mother charged with killing two Wilmington boys

Wilmington Police were at the home hours before the boys were killed Monday. The suspect, a Liberian immigrant, told officers she was worried about her immigration status.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

How far-reaching are the president’s powers on DACA?

The Trump administration recently put an expiration date on the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Is action of either president lawful?

8 years ago

A young girl works in a community garden.
Speak Easy
Community

Looking back at the war won’t distract me from Vietnamese community’s future

I don’t feel confused about the Vietnam War. I am certain that my life is a result of it. And I have dedicated the last eight years of my life to the future of my community.

8 years ago

Screen grab from ad
Politics & Policy

Guadagno lambasted over N.J. campaign ad attacking Murphy’s ‘sanctuary’ stance

The ad shows Democrat Phil Murphy saying he would have "the back" of unauthorized immigrants — and convicted killers.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney criticized President Donald Trump's expansion of the travel ban to eight countries.(Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Kenney jabs Sessions over letter claiming Philly’s sanctuary policy violates federal law

"In our view, this has all been about political showmanship," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said during a press conference Thursday at City Hall.

8 years ago

Javier Garcia Flores takes his first steps outside the First United Methodist Church on Arch Street in Philadelphia, where he’s live since November 2016. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

After almost a year’s sanctuary in Philly church, immigrant opens door on new life

Facing deportation, Javier Flores found refuge in Philly's Arch Street United Methodist Church. Now he has a visa, and he's ready to take up life with his two young sons.

8 years ago

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A woman stands, hands folded in front of her
Politics & Policy

After ICE arrests her husband, Philly woman wonders why she was left behind

In the early morning hours of May 11, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waited outside Juana's home in North Philadelphia.

8 years ago

A woman speaks through a bullhorn, immigrants hold signs, listen to her speak during a rally
Courts & Law

Why health care providers are pressing Trump to keep DACA

As the Trump administration moves to end DACA, health care providers rally behind the roughly 20,000 recipients they say fill important needs in the medical industry.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
Ngô Thanh Nhàn is shown with Vietnamese Agent Orange victims at Folley Square, NY, June 18, 2007.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Reflections on the American War

My name is Ngô Thanh Nhàn, first name Nhàn. I was born in 1948 in Sàigòn. My life was affected by the war from an early age, with many relatives in the south Vietnamese ar

8 years ago

A man walks past the federal courthouse in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Is ‘Jungle Jabbah’ a ruthless killer or vendetta victim? Two portraits emerge in Delco man’s trial

Mohammed Jabbateh came to the U.S. on a visitor's visa in 1998, shortly after the end of Liberia's first civil war.

8 years ago

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Four of the five Angama women in bright colors
Keystone Crossroads
Lifestyle

South Philly family of refugees leaves trauma behind for hard work in America

Anyone who thinks refugees in America get a golden ticket hasn’t met Tatiana Angama.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney, blue shirt and tie
Community

Kenney slams Trump administration over ICE arrests of 100 in Philly

Large-scale arrests in Philadelphia and other "sanctuary cities" netted about 400 unauthorized immigrants Thursday.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
Two women at a desk facing the camera look over paperwork, a man, on the other side of the desk, his back to the camera
Courts & Law

Time is running out for DACA recipients hoping to stay in the U.S. legally

Time is running out for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA recipients hoping to stay in the U.S. legally — at least for another two years.

8 years ago

Prosecutors say the Asplundh company 'remained willfully blind' while managers hired workers they knew to be in the country illegally. The company, based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, has been fined $95 million. (AP file photo)
Courts & Law

Willow Grove tree company fined $95 million for hiring undocumented immigrants

A suburban Philadelphia company that trims trees around power lines throughout the United States will pay a record fine after pleading gu ...

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney criticized President Donald Trump's expansion of the travel ban to eight countries.(Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Kenney dismisses expanded travel ban as diversion

President Donald Trump's expanded travel ban has been dismissed as "nothing more than a diversion" by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.

8 years ago

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