ICE

COMMENTARY

Philly’s ICE field office is flouts its own agency’s guidance, putting lives in danger | Opinion

BY: - August 8, 2021

The ICE field office in Philadelphia can and must do better. We hope that the Biden administration will ensure that they are following the rules.  

Pa. Sen. Casey: Families in Berks Co. detention center have been released

BY: - March 1, 2021

(*This story was updated at 10:21 a.m. on Monday, 3/1/21 with additional reporting) All of the families residing at an immigrant detention center in Berks County have been released, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s, D-Pa., office said Sunday. The Scranton Democrat’s office learned Friday from the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement that the families were released […]

Immigration activists call on Wolf to release detainees from ICE center in Berks County

BY: - April 1, 2020

"It has taken a pandemic to do what should have been done years ago," state Rep. Chris Rabb, D-Philadelphia, said during a virutal news conference.

Federal judge in Harrisburg rules ICE must release people at high risk for COVID-19

BY: - March 31, 2020

The decision by U.S. District Judge John E. Jones comes just a day after criminal justice advocates in Philadelphia coordinated a drive-by protest, calling for the release of inmates due to COVID-19 concerns. 

COMMENTARY

Gov. Wolf, don’t let parents and children spend another Christmas in the ICE detention center in Berks County | Opinion

BY: - December 17, 2019

They are people from all over the world looking to keep their children safe. This is a Latinx issue, an immigration issue and a human rights issue.