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Sanctuary Cities

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Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding over 'sanctuary' policies

  • Aug 23, 2025

Trump administration increases pressure on 'sanctuary jurisdictions'

  • May 30, 2025

Trump signs order requiring nationwide list of sanctuary cities

  • Apr 29, 2025

Organizations, residents react to immigration raid in Philadelphia

  • Jan 29, 2025

Philly City Council to hold hearing on immigration policy

  • Jan 21, 2025

Protesters call on mayor to emphasize Philly's sanctuary city status

  • Dec 10, 2024

20th bus of migrants sent to Philadelphia

  • May 11, 2023

Mother, 4 children leave sanctuary in Philly after 3 years

  • Mar 17, 2021

Latest Videos

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Philadelphia among sanctuary jurisdictions accused of obstructing federal immigration laws

  • May 30, 2025
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Trump signs order requiring nationwide list of sanctuary cities

  • Apr 29, 2025
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Protesters call on mayor to emphasize Philly's sanctuary city status

  • Dec 10, 2024
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20th bus of migrants sent to Philadelphia

  • May 11, 2023
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Mother, 4 children leave Philly church after 3 years; not 'deportation priority,' ICE says

  • Mar 17, 2021
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Philly church providing sanctuary for family fighting deportation

  • Sep 29, 2020
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Trump says he's considering sending illegal migrants to sanctuary cities

  • Apr 12, 2019
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2 families seek sanctuary at Germantown church

  • Sep 5, 2018

Latest Stories

Philadelphia church providing sanctuary for Jamaican family fighting deportation

Oneita and Clive Thompson said their lives have been turned upside down while facing the threat of deportation the past couple of years.

  • Sep 29, 2020

Family in Philadelphia church for sanctuary can stay in US

One and a half years after Suyapa Reyes and her four children entered a Philadelphia church for sanctuary, she will soon be able to leave without worry of deportation.

  • Mar 4, 2020
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Trump weighs sending 'illegal immigrants' to sanctuary cities

President Trump says he is considering sending "Illegal Immigrants" to Democratic strongholds -- just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials said the idea had been discussed but quickly rejected.

  • Apr 12, 2019

US court: Feds can't withhold funds from sanctuary cities

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Justice Department can't deny Philadelphia millions in public safety funding because of its status as a "sanctuary city."

  • Feb 16, 2019

2 families seek sanctuary at Germantown church

Two families who lost their asylum cases are taking physical sanctuary at a church in Germantown.

  • Sep 5, 2018