7-Year-Old Girl and Dad Finally Released After Horrific 250 Days at Migrant Family Jail

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Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/2/1933655/-Seven-year-old-girl-and-dad-finally-released-after-horrific-250-days-at-migrant-family-jail Gabe Ortiz Protesters outside the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania last year. In a major victory for advocacy groups that have been pushing for their release, a seven-year-old child and her dad were finally freed from a migrant … Continued

COVID-19 Is Spreading: We Need An Emergency Removal Order NOW for Berks

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As reported COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania continue to grow, the Shut Down Berks Coalition urgently demands that Governor Wolf immediately issue an Emergency Removal Order (ERO) to stop ICE from using the Berks County Detention Center as a family prison. Calls … Continued

Berks County Commissioner Describes Plans to Convert the Prison—Call Now for Emergency Removal Order

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From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): This is HUGE news! At a Berks County Commissioner candidate forum last week we heard from a current County Commissioner that he has been in talks with the Governor’s office since July to figure out a … Continued