From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): On January 10th, 2023 the Berks County Detention Center in Leesport, PA ended the day with an empty facility and is anticipated to remain empty until its final closure on January 31st, 2023. This is … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): The Biden administration & ICE resumed immigrant detention at Berks. A year into his presidency, Biden fails to close down this prison. Now ICE is currently incarcerating women at Berks. The Biden administration must honor … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Phase 1: Phone calls Targets: Angela Kelley, Senior Immigration Counselor (202) 941-1232 Rep. Nadler (202) 225-5635 Rep. Lofgren (202) 225-3072 Sample script: I am calling to urge the Biden administration to close the Berks immigrant … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In a statewide effort led by State Representative Manny Guzman, D-Berks, fifty-two Pennsylvania elected leaders on the local and state level drafted a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris urging the termination of the federal ICE contract at … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): The world is a radically different place than it was just a few weeks ago. But one thing hasn’t changed — and that’s our commitment to human rights. We know you care too. That’s why … Continued
From Juntos (http://vamosjuntos.org/): Please sign our petition telling Devereux that they are not welcome in Chester County! Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is planning on opening a children’s detention center in Devon, PA. The practice of locking up migrants seeking a … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/20/lawsuit-behalf-55000-migrants-accuses-trump-administration-torture-ice-detention Published on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 by Common Dreams “Tens of thousands have suffered as a result of the federal government’s abject failure to provide basic medical care. More will suffer, and more will die, without court … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-08-08/immigrant-issues/immigrant-advocates-challenge-new-fast-track-deportation-rule/a67405-1 August 8, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The new rule expands fast-track deportation to undocumented immigrants who have been in this country less than two years. (U.S. Immigration and … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): As Congress debates how to end the partial government shutdown, it is critical that we urge them to reopen the government, without endangering our immigrant neighbors. The administration has undertaken a deliberately cruel and dehumanizing strategy of unjust … Continued
From the Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/): For years, local communities have been organizing across the country to fight against the expansion of the immigrant detention system. This year, DWN has been working on creating a campaign that will bring together … Continued