Immigrant advocates call to end ICE contract and plan for women’s prison in PA
September 30, 2021
On Saturday, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia about 100 activists gathered to protest plans to reopen a Berks County immigrant detention facility, which had previously held immigrant families. Last month, Berks County commissioners voted to allow ICE to use the detention center to detain women seeking asylum. Advocates had previously criticized the facility’s conditions, and argued asylum seekers should be released to live with family members or sponsors in the community.
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