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More posts tagged with Sanctuary cities

Last Updated: Mar. 23, 2017 · 11:19 a.m.

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Penn president declines to use the term ‘sanctuary campus’ in interview with student newspaper

In response to anti-sanctuary campus bill, students protest outside of the offices of 9 PA lawmakers

Over 3 weeks, there have been 6 instances of ICE enforcement in Philly, per the New Sanctuary Movement

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Many Philly restaurant kitchens are staffed primarily with Latino immigrants

Immigrants plan to walk off their Philly restaurant jobs on Feb. 16

And Stephen Starr tells us he won't punish anyone who participates: "It's sad that it has come to this."

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College life in Philly

Penn, Swarthmore and what it really means to be a ‘sanctuary campus’

“The idea that the entire campus is protected from ICE is probably not legally how it's going to play out.”

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Philly’s sanctuary city status vs. Harrisburg and DC: A controversy, explained

There's been a lot of movement this week.

Anti-sanctuary city bill passes in the PA Senate

Sanctuary cities bill passes Senate, goes to House

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No vote today on this bill, which would strip sanctuary cities of state funding

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Salima Suswell, a Muslim American actvisit, speaks at City Hall outside council.

With Trump around the corner, Philly City Council claps back

“We want everybody in Philadelphia to know that nothing has changed, and we are still here to protect you.”

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Trump signs executive order to strip federal grants from sanctuary cities like Philly

In response, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said "we have no plans to change our immigration policy."

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College life in Philly

Amy Gutmann: Penn is a sanctuary campus and we’ll protect undocumented students

The president emailed staff and students today.

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Donald Trump and Philly’s suddenly perilous sanctuary city policy

Trump is anti-sanctuary city.

Attack ads are running in Northeast Philly in the 170th district. On the left, an ad attacking Democrat Matt Darragh. On right is one attacking incumbent Republican Martina White.

Martina White vs. Matt Darragh, a Northeast Philly political street fight

Welcome to the 170th district.

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The procrastinator’s guide to the 2016 Pennsylvania General Election

Where's your polling place? Who's running for auditor general? What's that ballot question about? We have you covered.

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Why Pennsylvania’s statewide offices are almost always white and male

Billy Penn analyzed everything we could find to see how many women and people of color have served in statewide offices.

Senate Dems block Toomey bill denying funds to sanctuary cities like Philly

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After Toomey pushes bill to discourage sanctuary cities, McGinty backs off her full support of Philly’s policy

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Sanctuary cities are illegal? Martina White vs. reality

After an argument with immigration activists, White discussed her anti-sanctuary cities bill in an interview.

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Pennsylvania conservatives love Ted Cruz, diss ‘progressive’ John Kasich

The Texas senator quoted Reagan a lot and drew a standing O; Ohio's governor got a "We Are" from a Penn State fan.