Christian M’Bagoyi left the Philadelphia ICE office on Friday without being detained and deported. He must report for another check-in in September.Christian M’Bagoyi walked into the Philadelphia ICE office as ordered on Friday morning, accompanied by his wife, Sarika, both uncertain if he would be walking out.Thirty-six minutes later he appeared — relieved and smiling that he wasn’t detained and deported — as two dozen supporters on the sidewalk broke into cheers and applause for the West African immigrant. He and his wife stepped into the arms of Erika Guadalupe Nunez, a Juntos...…Christian M’Bagoyi left the Philadelphia ICE office on Friday without being detained and deported. He must report for another check-in in September.Christian M’Bagoyi walked into the Philadelphia ICE office as ordered on Friday morning, accompanied by his wife, Sarika, both uncertain if he would be walking out.Thirty-six minutes later he appeared — relieved and smiling that he wasn’t detained and deported — as two dozen supporters on the sidewalk broke into cheers and applause for the West African immigrant. He and his wife stepped into the arms of Erika Guadalupe Nunez, a Juntos...WW…

He has been allowed to live, work, pay taxes and build a life in the United States for 20 years, but now could lose it all.Philadelphia advocates are asking President Joe Biden to assist a West African immigrant who faces detention and deportation despite new ICE guidelines that tell agents to focus on people who pose serious threats to the public.Christian M’Bagoyi, 42, of Bucks County, has no criminal record, according to his attorney. He’s married to a U.S. citizen with whom he has two daughters, ages 1 and 3, who are also citizens. Two immigration appeals are pending in court.After two...…He has been allowed to live, work, pay taxes and build a life in the United States for 20 years, but now could lose it all.Philadelphia advocates are asking President Joe Biden to assist a West African immigrant who faces detention and deportation despite new ICE guidelines that tell agents to focus on people who pose serious threats to the public.Christian M’Bagoyi, 42, of Bucks County, has no criminal record, according to his attorney. He’s married to a U.S. citizen with whom he has two daughters, ages 1 and 3, who are also citizens. Two immigration appeals are pending in court.After two...WW…

The news marks a dramatic end, or new beginning, to the saga of a couple who fled to South Jersey from Jamaica after gang members threatened to kill them.An undocumented Jamaican couple who have spent more than two anguished years living in the isolation and uncertainty of sanctuary now are poised to walk free from a Philadelphia church.Clive and Oneita Thompson say the federal government is dropping its deportation case against them, and they’ll soon return to their South Jersey home and the lives they abandoned in August 2018. The termination of their removal order allows the Thompsons to...…The news marks a dramatic end, or new beginning, to the saga of a couple who fled to South Jersey from Jamaica after gang members threatened to kill them.An undocumented Jamaican couple who have spent more than two anguished years living in the isolation and uncertainty of sanctuary now are poised to walk free from a Philadelphia church.Clive and Oneita Thompson say the federal government is dropping its deportation case against them, and they’ll soon return to their South Jersey home and the lives they abandoned in August 2018. The termination of their removal order allows the Thompsons to...WW…

Nancy Nguyen has been executive director of VietLead for five years, and previously served as head of BPSOS-Delaware Valley, another Vietnamese-advocacy organization.The head of a prominent Vietnamese activist group in Philadelphia was arrested Thursday night on charges related to a protest that took place weeks ago outside the Virginia home of the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Nancy Nguyen, 38, cofounder and executive director of VietLead, was held in police custody until shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, when she was released on her own recognizance. She was greeted by hugs...…Nancy Nguyen has been executive director of VietLead for five years, and previously served as head of BPSOS-Delaware Valley, another Vietnamese-advocacy organization.The head of a prominent Vietnamese activist group in Philadelphia was arrested Thursday night on charges related to a protest that took place weeks ago outside the Virginia home of the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Nancy Nguyen, 38, cofounder and executive director of VietLead, was held in police custody until shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, when she was released on her own recognizance. She was greeted by hugs...WW…

The Trump and Kenney administrations have warred over sanctuary policies, in particular the validity of agency-issued requests, known as detainers, to hold immigrants in police custody.ICE officials have launched a billboard campaign in Pennsylvania that they say will educate the public about the dangers of sanctuary policies in places like Philadelphia.It comes about three weeks after , including one near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Center City, to demand freedom for immigrants being held in family detention centers.The Trump and Kenney administrations have warred...…The Trump and Kenney administrations have warred over sanctuary policies, in particular the validity of agency-issued requests, known as detainers, to hold immigrants in police custody.ICE officials have launched a billboard campaign in Pennsylvania that they say will educate the public about the dangers of sanctuary policies in places like Philadelphia.It comes about three weeks after , including one near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Center City, to demand freedom for immigrants being held in family detention centers.The Trump and Kenney administrations have warred...WW…

The Black Lives Matter protests have also ignited new discussions and demands over the use of Native American images, symbols and mascots.When Stephanie Mach leaves her Center City home, she often passes the Swann Memorial Fountain, with its three bronze Native American figures, in the heart of Logan Square.What many people don’t know — but she does, as a scholar and activist of Diné, or Navajo, descent — is that the square’s namesake, James Logan, was not just a colonial statesman and Philadelphia mayor. He was an architect of the infamous “Walking Purchase,” a scheme in which out of...…The Black Lives Matter protests have also ignited new discussions and demands over the use of Native American images, symbols and mascots.When Stephanie Mach leaves her Center City home, she often passes the Swann Memorial Fountain, with its three bronze Native American figures, in the heart of Logan Square.What many people don’t know — but she does, as a scholar and activist of Diné, or Navajo, descent — is that the square’s namesake, James Logan, was not just a colonial statesman and Philadelphia mayor. He was an architect of the infamous “Walking Purchase,” a scheme in which out of...WW…

Scrawled in black marker on two of the white body bags in the open pickup were the words “Albert Einstein Medical” and “Einstein Med Center.”The horror of the coronavirus pandemic took an especially macabre turn on Sunday afternoon when a Ford pickup truck pulled up behind the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office with five or six bagged bodies stacked in its open cargo bed.The driver got out, spoke briefly to a medical examiner’s employee who seemed unnerved by the delivery, and then climbed onto the cargo bed, walking on bodies that initially had been covered by mats, according to an...…Scrawled in black marker on two of the white body bags in the open pickup were the words “Albert Einstein Medical” and “Einstein Med Center.”The horror of the coronavirus pandemic took an especially macabre turn on Sunday afternoon when a Ford pickup truck pulled up behind the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office with five or six bagged bodies stacked in its open cargo bed.The driver got out, spoke briefly to a medical examiner’s employee who seemed unnerved by the delivery, and then climbed onto the cargo bed, walking on bodies that initially had been covered by mats, according to an...WW…