2019 News

News on Families in Sanctuary

“Asylum in Shambles” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 2019
“Part 1: Why More Immigrants are Taking Sanctuary in Philly than any other US City” WHYY, January 22, 2019
“Part 2: Why it’s harder for immigrants to get out of sanctuary than it is to get in” WHYY, January 23, 2019
“Going to school when your family is in hiding from ICE” The Hechinger Report, January 31, 2019
“Fugitives From ICE, A Family Finds Sanctuary In A Pennsylvania Church” NPR, March 7, 2019
“What Is ‘Sanctuary’ for a Black Immigrant Family in the US?” Rewire.News, June 10, 2019
“ICE issuing fines to immigrants who have taken sanctuary in churches” ABC News, July 2, 2019
“How a Mother in Sanctuary Became the Center of ICE’s ‘Crackdown on U Visas’” Rewire.News, August 21, 2019
“Guatemalan Refugee In Austin Fined $300K For Not Leaving U.S.” Patch, October 6, 2019
“Woman living in sanctuary at North Philly church fasting for Thanksgiving to protest ICE” WHYY, November 27, 2019
“The Sanctuary Strategy” The Progressive, December 1, 2019

News on Berks County Detention Center

“Citizen of the Week: Michelle Angela Ortiz” The Philadelphia Citizen, April 25, 2019
“How does Berks County’s family detention facility fit into Sunday’s planned immigration raids by federal ICE officials?” The Morning Call, July 14, 2019
“What the Trump admin’s latest immigration move might mean for Pa.” WITF, August 27, 2019

Other News

“#AbolishICE Means Abolish Deportation” Migrant Roots Media, January 26, 2019
“‘We Have No Stability Right Now’: When Your Husband’s Freedom Is at ICE Agent’s Discretion (Updated)” Rewire.News, January 30, 2019
“The battle for immigration legal services in PA” Al Día, June 19, 2019
“Trying to Fix What’s Broken with Immigration” Al Día, August 7, 2019
“ICE Allegedly Detaining LGBT Asylum Seeker In Defiance Of Court Ruling” Newsweek, October 30, 2019
“Gay asylum-seeker detained by ICE, split from family is denied release” NY Daily News, October 31, 2019
“LGBT asylum-seeker stuck in ICE custody for months fears for his life: Lawyer” ABC News, November 1, 2019
“ICE Is Indefinitely Detaining a Gay Asylum Seeker Despite Court Order” The Advocate, November 3, 2019
“ICE continues to detain gay asylum-seeker without review, going against federal ruling” LGBTQ Nation, November 3, 2019

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