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Immigration

New citizens wait to take the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Quandary over U.S. travel policy spurs rush for naturalization

As uncertainty continues around President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, those with green cards are flocking to immigrati ...

9 years ago

Protesters march from Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington

Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban [updated]

A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nat ...

9 years ago

Hundreds of people march down a street

Stress stemming from fear of raids, deportation appears to influence immigrants’ health

New research is looking into how deportation and immigration enforcement actions affect health. University of Michigan researchers ...

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A truck drives near the Mexico-U.S. border fence. Sens. John McCain and Chris. Coons formally introduced a bill that would grant permanent legal status to undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers,” and start bolstering security along the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP file photo)
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Politics & Policy

The Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!

Donald Trump’s wall is sure to become a geo-political trivia question, which will likely be phrased, “What humongous ego tha ...

9 years ago

Cesar Espinosa
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Politics & Policy

A view of Trump’s wall from our neighbors to the south

During a recent vacation week in Playa del Carmen, a tourist town 30 miles south of the Cancun airport, I chatted with dozens of locals, ...

9 years ago

Gentil Ndizihiwe is shown with his parents. (Image courtesy of JEVS Human Services)
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Lifestyle

For a refugee, making it work in America means not being afraid to ask for help

I don’t find myself very special. I know there are thousands of people like me who work hard to survive, to make money to support their ...

9 years ago

Protestors 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. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)
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Family of six Syrians who were detained at Philly airport and sent back: ‘How much can one family take?’

Earlier this morning, Sarah Assali’s mother was already planning a big dinner. Makes sense, since Assali had been anticipating the ...

9 years ago

President-elect Donald Trump stands on stage as his pick for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a rally at DeltaPlex Arena
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Trump’s vision of America’s past is bad for America’s future

When I was an undergrad at Temple, I was asked to create an illustration for an article about abortion to appear in the first issue of th ...

9 years ago

After his farewell address
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Politics & Policy

Farewell, Mr. Obama

Few presidents have been as concerned with their legacy as Barack Obama. From writing his first memoir at age 34, to declaring ...

9 years ago

Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is shown debating against his Democratic challenger Katie McGinty in October at Temple University in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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Politics & Policy

In fighting sanctuary cities, Pat Toomey acts against his own history

In December 1911, Wilbur Franklin Phelps was finishing up his first year publishing ...

9 years ago

A makeshift tent contains a migrant familiy's few posessions. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
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Politics & Policy

‘Virtual’ refugee journey a somber reminder things could always be worse

How ironic. Just as many Americans were threatening to move to Canada, an installation opened on Independence Mall to replicate the exper ...

9 years ago

 An airplane is shown at JFK International Airport in New York City. Fatemeh Mohammadi shares a story about how much her life changed starting with the day she and her family landed in the United States. (<a href='http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-806670/stock-photo-airplane-before-new-york-skyline'>Big Stock Photo</a>)
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Refugees remember forging new lives in Philadelphia

According to the Children’s Advocacy Project of Philadelphia, there are over 130,000 immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia. Their ...

9 years ago

Deo Maya Rai
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Refugee elders support each other after a long, difficult journey

Naw Gay Lay is a 77-year-old Burmese refugee living in South Philadelphia. When she reached her mid-30s, her whole village had to flee military insurgents.

9 years ago

Sarorng Sorn is shown speaking at a public forum at WHYY in 2015. (Ifanyi Bell for NewsWorks)
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A tangled path from Khmer Rouge refugee to community healer

Imagine for a moment your childhood memories included living in a bomb shelter for years, watching your 2-year-old sister die in your arms.

9 years ago

The author recreates the 'authentic Chinese dinner' experience from almost 60 years ago. (Annabel Liu
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Lifestyle

When the chef is better off ordering Chinese take-out

When Mrs. Smithson asked me to cook them "an authentic Chinese dinner," I couldn't say no. How could I tell them that I was almost 23 but had never learned to boil water?

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