News
Here’s the Latest on the ACLU’s Lawsuit Against Bucks County Sheriff’s Contentious ICE 287(g) Agreement
The next hearing is Friday.
Melinda Rizzo
September 23, 2025
xenophobia
News
Teachers Sue Over Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, Saying Students Are Staying Home
High school teachers in Pennsylvania and Virginia said some students had already stopped showing up in the spring, fearful they would be arrested on campus.
AP
September 10, 2025
News
Pastor Doug Wilson’s Extremist Christian Nationalist Teachings Go Mainstream in Trump’s Washington
At the National Conservatism Conference last week, Wilson was a featured speaker along with members of Congress and Trump’s Cabinet, including border czar Tom Homan, budget director Russell Vought and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
AP
September 8, 2025
News
DHS Drops Age Limit for New Hires to Boost Trump Deportations, Recruits As Young as 18 Can Now Become ICE Agents
This change aims to expand hiring after Congress provided ICE with a massive funding windfall.
AP
August 6, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: Keep Immigration Raids Out of Schools
Most Americans oppose ICE raids on schools, which lead to absenteeism, disruption, and long-term threats to learning for all students.
Sonia Banker
July 31, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: What It Feels Like to Be an Immigrant Living in Trump’s America
Doylestown’s Olcay Ayata, a Turkish-American Muslim, feels unwelcome and unsafe — even as a citizen.
Olcay Ayata
July 30, 2025
News
Photo Essay: Bearing Witness to America’s Cruel and Unusual Treatment of Immigrants
After covering weeks of abductions and disappearances of immigrants at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City starting on May 29, I remain stupefied that I am witnessing the harvesting of human beings in real time, writes photojournalist Michael Nigro.
Michael Nigro
July 29, 2025
News
Appeals Court Finds President Trump’s Effort to End Birthright Citizenship Unconstitutional, Upholds Block
The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment says that all people born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to U.S. jurisdiction, are citizens.
AP
July 23, 2025
News
How US Views of Immigration Have Changed Since Trump Took Office, According to Gallup Polling
The Trump administration’s mass deportation program and other immigration policies may be having unintended consequences.
AP
July 11, 2025
Analysis: What’s Behind Teacher Shortages in Pennsylvania?
September 26, 2025
The commonwealth is not just suffering from trouble filling teaching positions – the fallout from that difficulty is landing disproportionately on students with special needs, students living in poverty, and students of color.
US Justice Department Sues 6 More States, Including Pennsylvania, in Its Quest for Voter Data
September 25, 2025
The DOJ’s newest lawsuits also targeted California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and New Hampshire after it sued Oregon and Maine last week.
What Can Democrats Learn from Pennsylvania’s Ultimate Barometer?
September 25, 2025
Barack Obama, who spoke in Erie last week, thinks “We [America] are certainly at an inflection point.” But for many area voters, the tipping point came before 2016.
Bucks County’s Peace Center Isn’t Going Anywhere
September 24, 2025
“It seemed to be the worst time in our country to have a Peace Center close, so I decided to make myself available,” said Barbara Simmons, who is coming out of retirement to once again lead the organization.
The Makeup of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Hangs in the Balance in November. Here’s What’s at Stake
September 23, 2025
“If these three justices are defeated, there will be bedlam in Pennsylvania,” warns Shanin Specter, an attorney and founding partner of Philadelphia law firm Kline & Specter and son of the late U.S. Senator Arlen Specter.
