2022 News

Shut Down Berks Coalition Berks Co. immigrant detention center reopens as women-only facility – WHYY Shut Down Berks and others protest outside Berks Detention Center on International Women’s Day |…

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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,…

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Older News

News on Families in Sanctuary “These Undocumented ‘Sanctuary Leaders’ See Direct Action as Their Only Hope” Rewire News, December 18, 2018. “Death threats, rape, led Honduran mom to G’town church” Chestnut Hill Local, November…

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2020 News

Check out local & global news features! News on Families in Sanctuary “Demandan a Trump por multas millonarias contra indocumentados en ‘santuarios’” La Prensa, February 26, 2020 “How advocates helped free…

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2021 News

Check out our 2021 local and global news features!   PA Congress members join Shut Down Berks in letter demanding end to ICE contract at detention center | Al Día…

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