A historian explores how religious congregations, activists and city officials have supported undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia over the past 40 years.
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In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce.
The Sanctuary Movement emerged amid a restrictive US asylum process and as the Reagan administration refused to acknowledge the extent of human rights violations in the region.
Philadelphia’s sanctuary policy remains in place, for now, as Trump vows to terminate federal grants to sanctuary cities.
Mayor Parker may also have to grapple with the incoming Trump administration on issues of immigration enforcement in Philly, which is currently a sanctuary city.
Activists are calling on city officials to bolster Philly’s sanctuary city policies, as they fear retaliation from the incoming Trump administration.
Some Republicans have claimed that a crisis exists on the US southern border. But federal immigration statistics tell a different story about the GOP’s overblown numbers.
A formal legal investigation would be needed to determine whether the Florida governor and associates violated human trafficking or other laws.
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Associate Professor of Law, Temple University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of History, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of History, Morgan State University
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Professor of Politics, Drexel University