Samantha Melamed

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Max Marin |Samantha Melamed

Edwin Nicolas Sanchez Pachon was following the rules required of him to perhaps one day become a permanent legal resident of the U.S. Then, the rules suddenly changed. The asylum-seeker from Colombia had been in the country since 2022. He told friends he’d fled genuine danger at home in Bogota, where his mother’s ex-boyfriend assaulted him, threatened his family, and sent gang members to stalk them.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Samantha Melamed

By Samantha Melamed - The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) 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. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Samantha Melamed

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. kAm%9:D H2D 2 =@?8 H2J 7C@> E96 ;@J@FD DFCAC:D6 @7 2 72>:=J 32C364F6 E92E z2E9J {@F 2?5 96C `a\J62C\@=5 D@? 925 366? A=@EE:?8 7@C u2E96CVD s2J]k^AmkAmp?5 E96J H6C6 ?@E 2=@?6 :?

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Samantha Melamed

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. kAm%9:D H2D 2 =@?8 H2J 7C@> E96 ;@J@FD DFCAC:D6 @7 2 72>:=J 32C364F6 E92E z2E9J {@F 2?5 96C `a\J62C\@=5 D@? 925 366? A=@EE:?8 7@C u2E96CVD s2J]k^AmkAmp?5 E96J H6C6 ?@E 2=@?6 :?

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Samantha Melamed

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. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.