Michelle Myers

United States

Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer

Reporter at @phillyInquirer | 🇪🇨 | [email protected]

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Philly immigrants received a Father’s Day surprise: orders to report to ICE

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Samantha Melamed |Michelle Myers

A Pottstown resident who would give her name only as Kathy Lou paced the sidewalk outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Center City on Sunday morning, waiting to see if her husband would be permitted to leave. “It feels a bit off,” she said in Spanish, fidgety with anxiety and shivering from the cold. This was a long way from the joyous surprise of a family barbecue that Kathy Lou and her 12-year-old son had been plotting for Father’s Day.
Are Philadelphians friendly? Philly kindness is an ‘acquired taste.’

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Michelle Myers

My first impression of Philadelphia was the former Filbert Street Greyhound bus station. As an 18-year-old Ecuadorian girl, I was never allowed to venture in my native country,but was miraculously allowed to go on a monthlong vacation abroad. Maybe it was my youth or tendencyto see the best in people, but I never stopped to question the affability of Philly.
Philly immigrant communities and allies brace for ICE workplace raids

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Ximena Conde |Michelle Myers

José has shuttered his store so many times in the last three months amid rumors that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was poised to strike the venerable Italian Market, he’s lost count. The 45-year-old undocumented business owner, who declined to provide a last name out of fear of deportation, operated out of an abundance of caution. But refusing to feel paralyzed any longer, he opened his doors Monday even as many neighboring businesses remained closed amid the latest warnings of raids.
Immigrant advocates encourage Norristown residents to ‘raise their voices’ amid increased ICE arrests.

2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Michelle Myers |Earl Hopkins |Jeff Gammage

On Saturday, dozens of Norristown residents stood on the corner of West Marshall and George streets, enduring the rain in support of their immigrant neighbors. Following weeks of intense ICE presence in the Montgomery County capital, organizer Denise Agurto, 47, asked all undocumented neighbors to go home for their safety. “This is the time for your allies to be here supporting you,” Agurto, executive director of Unides Para Servir Norristown, told the crowd.
VA workers in Philadelphia rally for union contract, benefits

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Michelle Myers |Ariana Perez-Castells

Dozens of Philadelphiaworkers from the Department of Veterans Affairs gathered Thursday under an unyielding sun chanting: “Save our jobs, save our vets.”Come lunchtime, allies and members from The American Federation of Government Employees, arrived at Baltimore and University Avenues, outside the Corporal Michael J.
At the Philadelphia Pride March, hope and resilience — and a 600-foot-long flag — were on display

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Michelle Myers

Standing alone on Walnut Street in Center City, Rowan Thayer’s eyes sparkled with joy as she felt everything but lonely. Amid Pride flags and drum rolls, the 25-year-old — who recently moved from a rural area in Massachusetts — found a sense of belonging in her first Philadelphia Pride March Sunday morning. On Sixth and Walnut Streets, an ocean of people dressed in rainbow patterns, holding signs, and carrying LGBTQ+ flags provided a warm welcome.
Long lines into the Roots Picnic frustrate concertgoers. ‘I need a refund.’

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Abraham Gutman |Michelle Myers

Gabrielle Beckford, 29, and Khalifa White, 30, were among the first in line to enter the Saturday concert of the 2025 Roots Picnic at the Mann Center. The sisters came down to Philadelphia from their New York City homes. They arrived at the Mann at 10 a.m. They knew they would have to wait until the gates opened at 1 p.m. But 1 p.m. came and went, and Beckford and White kept waiting for hours.
‘Plenty of police’: Days after Lemon Hill shooting, Philly police beefed up their presence at Roots Picnic

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Zoe Greenberg |Michelle Myers

Police were out in force at the Roots Picnic in Fairmount Park on Saturday, just five days after still-unidentified shooters fired into a Memorial Day crowd at nearby Lemon Hill, killing two people and wounding nine others. The music and concert festival took place at the Mann Center, across the river and about three miles from Lemon Hill, a popular gathering spot that overlooks Boathouse Row.
Philadelphia says it’s a ‘welcoming’ — not ‘sanctuary’ — city as the Trump administration threatens funding cuts

4 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Jeff Gammage |Sean Walsh |Michelle Myers |Julia Terruso

A Philadelphia that proudly stood among the strongest of sanctuary cities has formally discarded the name. It’s now a “welcoming city.”That’s according to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s top attorney, who confirmed what has been a slow but dramatic shift in labeling as the Trump administration bears down on the city. Parker administration officials said, however, that policies requiring justice workers to treat immigrants like everyone else remain in place.
Wife fatally shoots husband as he forced his way into a home they shared until recently, Philly police said

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Michelle Myers

A woman shot and killed her husband in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section early Sunday morning after he forced his way into the house they recently shared, police said. Right before 12:30 a.m., police responded to a call about a “person with a gun” on the 4400 block of Cottman Avenue. There, they found the woman and her wounded 38-year-old husband.

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Articles

Philly immigrants received a Father’s Day surprise: orders to report to ICE

Are Philadelphians friendly? Philly kindness is an ‘acquired taste.’

Philly immigrant communities and allies brace for ICE workplace raids

Immigrant advocates encourage Norristown residents to ‘raise their voices’ amid increased ICE arrests.

VA workers in Philadelphia rally for union contract, benefits

At the Philadelphia Pride March, hope and resilience — and a 600-foot-long flag — were on display

Long lines into the Roots Picnic frustrate concertgoers. ‘I need a refund.’

‘Plenty of police’: Days after Lemon Hill shooting, Philly police beefed up their presence at Roots Picnic

Philadelphia says it’s a ‘welcoming’ — not ‘sanctuary’ — city as the Trump administration threatens funding cuts

Wife fatally shoots husband as he forced his way into a home they shared until recently, Philly police said

Journalists covering the same region

Saquan Stimpson

Damian Giletto

Becky Sullivan

Andy Walter

Isabel Hughes

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