From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): September 25, 2:00 pm Berks County Residential Center, 1040 Berks Rd, Leesport, PA 19533 Join us at the Berks County Detention Center as we demand President Biden end the ICE contract in Berks. We don’t … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): President Biden, Vice President Harris and DHS Secretary Mayorkas can stop incarcerating families right now. Let’s hold President Biden to his campaign promise of closing family prisons, let’s demand his White House #EndFamilyDetention and free the families. … 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
On Friday, March 26th, 2021, Berks County community members and Shut Down Berks Coalition member, Make the Road Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against the Berks County Commissioners Christian Leinbach, Kevin Barnhardt and Michael Rivera. The lawsuit cites the “deliberate effort … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Last week we updated supporters about all families being released from the Berks County Detention Center. As excited as we were for those families, we remained cautious and vigilant because we are all too familiar … Continued
On the morning of Friday February 26th, the Shut Down Berks Coalition was delighted to learn that all families being held at the Berks County Detention Center were being released to their relatives and loved ones. It is the first … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): As the world continues to respond to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, many families are staying home with their children, caring for them with the hopes that they will stay healthy and safe together. Yet right now, … Continued
Sunday, July 19, 2020, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. You can show your support for migrant children and families being detained in Berks County in Pennsylvania on a virtual vigil from 3:30-4:30 p.m., Sunday, July 19, on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches … Continued