From Juntos (http://vamosjuntos.org/): The city of Philadelphia has taken a historic step towards limiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) arsenal for hunting down immigrants and tearing apart families. Mayor Jim Kenney has announced the end to ICE’s access to the … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): The letter below is an updated version of a letter sent in 2017 concerning HB 28, legislation that would target Pennsylvania’s sanctuary cities. Some of you may have signed it, and if you have, … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Political leaders should end harmful criminal justice practices that criminalize poverty and send undocumented residents into the deportation pipeline, according to a new report by Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project, the Immigration Defense Project, … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Beginning in January, Pennsylvania legislators joined the White House in attacking immigrant and refugee communities. They started the year in the Senate by introducing and voting on SB10, a bill attempting to … Continued
From the Immigrant Legal Resources Center (https://www.ilrc.org/): Attorney General Falsely Claims “Sanctuary” Cities Violate Federal Law WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, during a press briefing at the White House, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made several erroneous remarks concerning so-called … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): In the first few weeks of the 2017-18 legislative session, Pennsylvania legislators introduced five bills that target immigrant and refugee communities in the state. Many state legislators believe that because both President … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-10/immigrant-issues/state-senate-passes-bill-to-punish-pa-sanctuary-cities/a56331-1 February 10, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The ACLU says it has seen cases in which U.S. citizens have been held in Pennsylvania jails on erroneous ICE detainers. (Neil … Continued
A vote is expected on PA S.B. 10 which would withhold ALL state grant money from sanctuary cities unless they comply with Trump’s immigration actions. It’ll have to go back to the House for approval of the amendments in it, but may go quickly. … Continued
From the Office of Social Justice, Christian Reformed Church in America (http://justice.crcna.org/): Your voice is needed this morning. Today the Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would force local law enforcement to act as federal immigration officers. … Continued