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Immigration

Mayfair: Store Owner Builds Bridges Between Cultures

January 28, 2019David Mattera

Keith Xiao is the owner of F & L Minimart on Frankford Avenue in Mayfair. He is also one of seven founders and, now, executive director of the Northeast Philadelphia Development Corporation, an organization that

Germantown

Germantown: One Refugee Family’s Experience Avoiding Deportation

December 20, 2018Kira Runk and

This past August, Oneita and Clive Thompson (pictured above) received a phone call telling them something they never could have imagined: they were being deported. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer left Clive Thompson

Immigration

Germantown: One Refugee Family’s Experience Avoiding Deportation

December 20, 2018Kira Runk and

This past August, Oneita and Clive Thompson (pictured above) received a phone call telling them something they never could have imagined: they were being deported. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer left Clive Thompson

Business

Immigration: With Limited Options For Employment, Many Immigrants Become Entrepreneurs

December 14, 2018Grace Shallow

Teresa Herrera’s dream began with a shopping cart, which she pushed around North Philadelphia and sold her homemade recipes out of. Hector Hernandez’s began in the driver seat of a limousine. Xu Lin’s was an

Featured Stories

Immigration: For Those Who Move To Philadelphia, The Mental Health Journey Is Often Far From Over

November 18, 2018Laura Smythe

UPROOTING Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Carolina Coronado never thought she’d leave her native country. But one day in the mid-2000s she received a phone call from a Colombian guerrilla group — part of

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Immigration: Familial Experiences Adjusting to United States Culture Differ Between Generations

November 18, 2018Laura Smythe

In the middle of Northeast Philadelphia’s Mayfair neighborhood, the Rodriguez family retains their Colombian heritage by speaking Spanish in the house, listening to Colombian music and cooking traditional Latin American foods like arepas, sancocho soup

Arts and Entertainment

Immigration: Alphabet Book Announced At Philadelphia’s Welcoming Week

September 21, 2018Christopher Malo

A new alphabet book designed to promote insight into immigration was announced Friday, Sept. 14, at the kick-off of Philadelphia’s Welcoming Week, a weeklong event meant to forge dialogue between immigrants, non-immigrants, refugees and native

Education

Immigration Law: Glancing At History

September 19, 2018Means George

President Donald Trump’s dedication to enacting a travel ban was finally approved by the Supreme Court on June 26 after the administration’s third revision of the policy finally passed in a 5-4 vote. It may

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Immigration: Symbol Lai Helps Direct The City Of Philadelphia’s Position On Immigration

September 18, 2018Grace Shallow

Symbol Lai (above, far left) is the deputy director in the city’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA), which was formerly known under Mayor Michael Nutter as the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant and Multicultural Affairs. OIA

Featured Stories

Immigration: St. Maron’s Church Brings Together Middle Eastern Immigrants For Prayer And Community

September 17, 2018Roberts Jennifer

On Sunday mornings at St. Maron’s Church, congregants listen as Father Vince Farhat leads the liturgy, and afterward congregants come to the church hall for coffee and pastries. St. Maron’s has existed in South Philadelphia as

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