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Jeff Gammage

@jeffgammage.bsky.social

I cover immigration at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pulitzer Prize winner. Author, "China Ghosts." All things Beatles.

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Abraham Gutman@abgutman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It used to be "unheard of" for ICE to detain immigrants during required check-ins at agency's Philadelphia office. Now those kind of arrests are routine. Three immigrants sued ICE and DHS over the policy change that allowed the proliferation of these arrests. With @jeffgammage.bsky.social. 🎁🔗

A lawsuit challenges arrests of immigrants who come to Philly’s ICE office for routine appointments

The lawsuit says a policy change by ICE in Philadelphia was unlawful, and turned arrests of immigrants during routine check-ins from an "unheard of" occurrence to a routine practice.

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Stephen Stirling@sstirling.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Local police, constable and sheriff's officers are now making immigration arrests on ICE's behalf in Pa., new data show. There are now 78 Pa. authorities who have agreements with ICE, up from 45 in December. These agreements are illegal in NJ. My latest with @jeffgammage.bsky.social

More Pennsylvania police agencies are signing up to help ICE enforce immigration laws

Nationally, these types of alliances have helped produce 19,918 arrests since Trump was inaugurated in January 2025.

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Joe Yerardi@joeyerardi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the first nine months of Trump's term, thousands of Philly-area immigrants have been transported to ICE facilities thousands of miles from their families, communities and attorneys. @jeffgammage.bsky.social and I on the people caught up in the massive deportation dragnet share.inquirer.com/wP2WJd

For Philly-area immigrants, an ICE arrest can take them thousands of miles from home. Some say that’s by design.

In detentions involving nearly 20,000 transfers, some immigrants were sent hundreds or even thousands of miles, far from attorneys, family members, and support networks.

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lawliberg@lawliberg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

CHOP is one of the best children's hospitals in the nation and is ranked 2nd for pediatric cancer treatment by US News. A patient with brain cancer who is a US citizen will have to face an uncertain future in Bolivia because of the relentless drive to deport his father by @jeffgammage.bsky.social

Merida Aguilara had been a main caregiver for his son, Jair, who has been treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and whose future is now deeply uncertain. Quality healthcare can be lacking in Bolivia, where the U.S. State Department warns that "hospitals cannot handle serious conditions."Jair cries inconsolably every time he sees or hears his father on the phone, asking why his dad can't be home, Morales Antezana said. All three children were born in this country and are U.S. citizens by law.
Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 9mo ago

Despite community support and legal efforts, the detained immigrant father of a 5-year-old son with brain cancer has decided to drop efforts to stay in the United States and accept deportation to Bolivia.

Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 9mo ago

The Trump administration has sought to enforce old deportation orders, and what were once routine meetings with federal authorities have become risky for immigrants, advocates say.

An Indonesian man was deported on Christmas after being arrested at a routine immigration appointment in Philly

The Trump administration has sought to enforce old deportation orders, and what were once routine meetings with federal authorities have become risky for immigrants, advocates say.

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