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Immigration

 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

U.S. judge: Sessions can’t deny grant to Philadelphia for being ’sanctuary city’ [updated]

The judge's decision represents a significant blow to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has sought to punish so-called sanctuary cities.

9 years ago

Listen 2:23
Gerardo Aguillon Castro (right) and Alana Adams, left, canvass businesses and homes in South Philadelphia as part of a
Community

After ICE arrests, volunteers canvass for immigrant rights in South Philly

Immigration advocates want to inform undocumented immigrants about their rights when facing detention or deportation — and trying to get neighbors to help.

9 years ago

This Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo shows President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump Organization asked the federal government on July 20, 2017, to grant dozens of special visas to foreign nationals to work at two of the President Donald Trump’s private clubs in Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago resort. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
Money

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago gets approval to hire 70 foreign workers

Managers attest there aren't enough Americans qualified, willing and available to do the work.

9 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall (WHYY, file)
Community

Philadelphia plan to issue municipal IDs advances

The ID cards would help residents without other government-issued identification access city services, file a police report, visit the hospital or even open a bank account.

9 years ago

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, right, gestures during a debate with Democratic challenger Ralph Northam, left, during a debate at University of Virginia-Wise in Wise, Va., Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Will Trumpism triumph in Virginia tonight?

If Democrats lose tonight’s Virginia gubernatorial contest, then they deserve to join the Whigs in history’s dustbin. But Democrats being Democrats, they may well blow it.

9 years ago

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks about defending national security, at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.
Courts & Law

Federal judge tips hand in dispute between Philly, DOJ over ‘sanctuary city’ sanctions

Ruling expected soon on whether Trump administration can withhold grant money in retaliation for city shielding immigrants from ICE agents.

9 years ago

Community members held signs in support of a DREAM act and DACA recipients outside Rep. Glenn Thompson's Centre County office in September. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Local leaders in State College urge congressman to support DREAM Act

State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham asked Congressman Thompson to support the passage of a DREAM act.

9 years ago

 FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, a woman holds up a signs in support of the Obama administration program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, during an immigration reform rally at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Community

For some immigrant kids, claiming asylum leads to indefinite detention in Pennsylvania

If immigrants claim they’re afraid to return to their home countries, federal detention facilities can hold them, at times indefinitely, while authorities decide their cases.

9 years ago

Listen 17:59
Bunkong Tuon and family
Speak Easy
Education

Poem: ESL Lesson

Mrs. D showed us how to conjugate the verb to be: "I am the teacher. You are the students. He is from Cambodia. She is from Vietnam."

9 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, October 26, 2017

Local officials and residents react to President Trump’s naming of the opioid crisis as a national public health emergency.  Repor ...

Air Date: October 26, 2017

Listen 23:27
Philadelphia City Solicitor Sozi Tulante leaves the  the federal courthouse in Center City following a hearing on the city's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice over withholding grant funding from
Courts & Law

Withholding U.S. grants over ‘sanctuary city’ status will be lethal for some, Philly officials tell judge

Top Philadelphia officials told a federal judge Thursday that if U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets his way and withholds public sa ...

9 years ago

Kevin Minh Allen
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Thank you, Henry Kissinger, for my existence

Some days I entertain the insane thought that, if it weren’t for Henry Kissinger helping to prolong the Vietnam War, I wouldn’t have been born.

9 years ago

People pass border wall prototypes as they stand near the border with Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in San Diego.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

A wall would be effective against only the least-threatening ‘risks’ from Mexico

The simplicity of the concept of building a wall to keep out undesirable things is unmistakable.

9 years ago

A child soldier; intoxicated and shirtless, holds a rifle
Courts & Law

Accused of war crimes in Liberia, 'Jungle Jabba' found guilty of fraud, lying on asylum documents about his past

A federal jury in Philadelphia has convicted former rebel commander Mohammad Jabbateh of lying about his involvement in mass atrocities during Liberia’s first civil war.

9 years ago

Listen 2:29
The author is shown with her family.
Speak Easy
Community

Reluctant historians, my family finally told me about their journey from Vietnam

As a third-generation Vietnamese-American of mixed heritage, I didn’t come to grips with how the Vietnam War shaped my mother’s life and her journey to the United States.

9 years ago

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