2020 News

News on Families in Sanctuary

“Demandan a Trump por multas millonarias contra indocumentados en ‘santuarios'” La Prensa, February 26, 2020
“How advocates helped free a Honduran mother from sanctuary after 18 months inside a Philadelphia church” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2020
“After 554 days, family living in sanctuary at Germantown church wins Visa” Chestnut Hill Local, March 18, 2020
“The Faces of Deportation” Rolling Stone, July 22, 2020
“Immigrant mother and three children in Philly church sanctuary stricken by COVID-19” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2020
“Mother and children living in sanctuary at Utah church ask Joe Biden for help” Fox 17 WZTV Nashville, October 14, 2020
“A question for Joe Biden from an undocumented family in Philly church sanctuary: Will you free us?” The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 2020
“ICE quiso intimidar a indocumentados y activistas con sus elevadas multas” El Diario, October 22, 2020
“Hilda Ramirez Speaks Out for Refugees Despite ICE Intimidation” The Austin Chronicle, November 27, 2020
“Five Women in Sanctuary Call on Biden to Free Them Through Executive Actions” Truthout, December 7, 2020
“ICE Is Targeting Women in Sanctuary With Obscure Laws and Retaliatory Fines” Truthout, December 13, 2020

News on Berks County Detention Center

“Berks County will pay $75,000 to refugee who says she was sexually assaulted by worker at immigration center” The Morning Call, January 23, 2020
“Opponents of the Berks County migrant detention center are trying a new way to shut it down” The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 2020
“Shut down Berks!’: Philly allies of detained migrant families say it’s time for Pa. center to close” The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 20, 2020
“Activistas demanadan a DHS por mantener operando centro de detención” Telemundo, February 20, 2020
“Immigration Activists Sue Pennsylvania to Shutter Berks County Detention Center” Legal Reader, February 26, 2020
“Children detained at Berks Detention Center sue state during COVID-19 crisis” ABC News, April 8, 2020
“Migrant children detained at ICE facility in Berks County to be released under judge’s COVID-19 order” Philly Voice, June 27, 2020
“Tribunal suspende la deportación de 23 familias en el Día de Acción de Gracias” La Opinión, November 25, 2020
“Un juez federal suspende la deportación de 28 menores y sus padres bajo custodia de ICE” Telemundo, November 25, 2020

Other News

“‘It’s Like Living in Solitary Confinement, but Out in the World’” The Nation, January 23, 2020
“‘Unbelievably disturbing’: ICE agent’s arrest of undocumented defendant prompts Northampton County executive order demanding warrant” The Morning Call, March 3, 2020
“ICE criticized for arrest at Scranton hospital” The Morning Call, March 16, 2020
“Immigration advocates gather to stop Philly hospital from shipping undocumented man with severe brain injury back to Guatemala” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 2020
“Immigration Advocates Want To Prevent Jefferson Health From Sending Undocumented Patient to Guatemala” CBS Philly, June 25, 2020
“Guatemalan immigrant who faced a hospital ‘medical deportation’ has been moved to long-term care facility” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 31, 2020
“Under Trump, hundreds of small changes in immigration rules have had a huge impact” The Seattle Times, November 25, 2020
“Bajo Trump, cientos de pequeños cambios en inmigración tienen gran impacto” Chicago Tribune, November 30, 2020
“After summer arrest, advocates push for Delco man’s freedom with #JuanCantWait campaign” WHYY, December 1, 2020

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