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UN Refugee Agency urges…

Growing numbers of families in Central America have been forced in recent years to flee…

June 19th, 2018

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Three members of the I Belong Philly team welcome attendees to the 4th "One City, Many Cultures" event. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News.

"One City, Many Cultures"

November 8th, 2022

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This image keeps repeating itself with undocumented immigrants who are sent by bus from Texas to the north of the country. Anthony Vasquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP.

Texas governor abuses

September 17th, 2022

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Hector Serrano grew up with the smells of his mother’s cooking filling the house with the smells of Puerto Rico. Harrison Brink/AL DÍA News

The Boricua Booming in NoLib

September 7th, 2021

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Deleon started her first business when she was 16 years old. Harrison Brink

Heritage and History

El Merkury’s Maker

August 10th, 2021

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Cantor Naomi Hirsch blows the shofar, a Jewish instrument, as a call to action at the Philadelphia protest on Independence Day.

Heritage and History

PHILLY JEWS PROTEST ICE

July 10th, 2019

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Chioma Ugochukwu, Provost of Cabrini University, presents Ray Yabor, Margaret Chin and Anne O' Sullivan with the 2019 Mother Cabrini Immigrant Heritage Award. Photos: Peter Fitzpatrick/ALDIA News

"The New American" Awards

July 1st, 2019

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Hugo Cesar

Heritage and History

A Musical Dream

June 28th, 2019

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Photo: Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.

Building Immigrant Leaders

June 26th, 2019

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Motorists wait in line to enter the United States on May 31, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. President Donald Trump has proposed a 5% tariff on Mexican goods entering the U.S. unless they help stop illegal immigration. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

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Trump Wants to Bully Mexico

June 6th, 2019

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Motorists wait in line to enter the United States on May 31, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. President Donald Trump has proposed a 5% tariff on Mexican goods entering the U.S. unless they help stop illegal immigration. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

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Trump Wants to Bully Mexico

June 6th, 2019

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Motorists wait in line to enter the United States on May 31, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. President Donald Trump has proposed a 5% tariff on Mexican goods entering the U.S. unless they help stop illegal immigration. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

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Trump Wants to Bully Mexico

June 6th, 2019

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Motorists wait in line to enter the United States on May 31, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. President Donald Trump has proposed a 5% tariff on Mexican goods entering the U.S. unless they help stop illegal immigration. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

Thought Leaders

Trump Wants to Bully Mexico

June 6th, 2019

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Participants in the Celebrate Immigrants event placed the flags of various countries on the art installation "I Love Philly" on June 4. Photo: Jensen Toussaint / AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Celebrate immigrants

June 5th, 2019

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) look on during a press conference to discuss the American Dream and Promise Act at the Tenement Museum, March 20, 2019. Photo: Drew Angerer/ Getty Images.

More False Hope

June 5th, 2019

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A participant at the Celebrate Immigrants event placed the flag of the United States with the phrase "You are Welcome" with flags from other countries on the art installation "I Love Philly" on June 4.
Photo: Michelle Myers / AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Immigrant Heritage Month

June 4th, 2019

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Chef Jose Garces pumps up the crowd during an auction at the Garces Foundation Benefit March 29 Photos: Peter Fitzpatrick/Al DIA News

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Warming souls and hearts…

March 31st, 2019

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Sal Nunez, the Dominican owner of the Latin Caribbean restaurant, Buccann, in Oxford Circle. Photo Credit: Taylor Farnsworth/Department of Commerce

Celebrating Immigrant…

March 25th, 2019

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An adult immigrant from El Salvador who entered the country illegally uses an ankle monitor on July 27 at a shelter in San Antonio. Eric Gay/AP

ICE's new record

December 18th, 2018

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The second caravan of migrants, mostly Hondurans, crossed on Monday through the shallow part of the Suchiate River, which separates Guatemala from Mexico, in a new attempt to continue its journey to the United States. EFE/Esteban Biba.

What happens at the border?

October 31st, 2018

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Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus (4th from left) poses with the board of directors for the National Association of Hispanic Publications at the organization's 37th annual convention in Las Vegas on Oct. 25, 2018. EFE-EPA/Jose M. Pascual

Hispanic media demand…

October 26th, 2018

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President Trump transforms a new Caravan of immigrants into a political campaign.

A Caravan, A Campaign

October 18th, 2018

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A group of Honduran migrants stranded on the Honduras-El Salvador border in El Amatillo continues heading to the United States, Oct. 8, 2018. EFE / Rodrigo Sura

October 18th, 2018

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Photograph by Border Patrol showing a group of immigrants, mostly Central Americans, who were arrested in the last three months while traveling as part of numerous groups of undocumented immigrants. EFE.

Profiting with migration

October 1st, 2018

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The Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will begin issuing notices of appearance (NTA) before a judge from the next October 1 to those immigrants who have been denied their requests for adjustment of status. Source: http://immigrationimpact.com

Expedited deportations

September 28th, 2018

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Trump Administration Aims to Sharply Restrict New Green Cards for Those on Public Aid. Photo: https://www.chcf.org

FEWER GREEN CARDS

September 24th, 2018

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Children detained at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on Monday, June 18, 2018. The facility is housing 1,192 teenage immigrants, including 391 girls. ELLIS RUA/MIAMI HERALD

USING CHILDREN AS BAIT

September 21st, 2018

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Stock Photo: A four-year-old child cries in the arms of a family member while border patrol agents apprehended him and others after illegally crossing the Mexican border near McAllen, Texas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Adrees Latif.

A second chance

September 14th, 2018

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Undocumented immigrants wait in a detention center at the Border Patrol detention center in Nogales, Arizona (Reuters/Jeff Topping).

September 7th, 2018

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A Yemeni national, who was denied entry into the US in February, 2017 because of a country-based travel ban, shows the cancelled visa in their passport. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Denaturalization?

August 30th, 2018

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Photo Credits: Visa Para Un Sueño

Heritage and History

Broadway In Spanish

August 27th, 2018

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Alejandra Juarez, 39, (L) says goodbye to her children, Pamela and Estela at the Orlando International Airport on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Juarez, the wife of a former Marine is preparing to self-deport to Mexico in a move that would split up their family. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

A voluntary goodbye

August 3rd, 2018

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Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border. Eric Gay/AP

Detained and abused

August 3rd, 2018

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Immigrants in a detention center in the United States. Source: https://www.urduvoa.com/

DEATH IN CUSTODY

August 1st, 2018

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"In Case of Deportation" is a platform created by a 16-year-old girl to help children cope with the effects of deportation.

Let's talk about deportation

July 30th, 2018

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Department of Justice’s budget on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Illegal or undocumented?

July 30th, 2018