December 1, 2022 | 5:24 AM
Immigrant detention center in Berks County will close
For more than a decade, the center had been one of three places where U.S. immigration enforcement would detain families with children.
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August 19, 2021 | 3:51 PM
Berks County to detain asylum-seeking immigrant women for feds
Berks Commissioners faced opposition for their choice to detain asylum seekers but said they have to act in the best interest for the county, not a small group of outspoken people.
June 8, 2021 | 3:53 PM
Judge advances lawsuit against Berks County over plans for immigrant detention center
Civic groups and community members say the county should have shared more information and allowed public comment on plans for the Berks Family Residential Center.
Updated: 2021-03-04 12:30:00
Immigrant families released, future of Pa. detention center remains unclear
After families are released to sponsors, local and federal officials are not sharing details about what happens next to the county-owned facility.
March 23, 2020 | 4:46 PM
Lawsuit: ICE family detention in Pa. is a ‘tinderbox’ due to COVID-19
A lawsuit has been filed in federal court on behalf of 56 immigrant families held in detention centers in Pennsylvania and Texas, alleging they are “recklessly exposing” children and their parents to the coronavirus.
February 6, 2020 | 2:09 PM
Video shows controversial use of force inside an ICE detention center
Immigration attorneys and advocates say the conditions at Adelanto are emblematic of problems throughout an immigration detention system that has come to increasingly rely on firms like GEO to help enforce the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policy.
By Tom Dreisbach/NPR July 22, 2019 | 1:51 PM
Casey calls for immigration reform after tour of border facilities
July 19, 2019 | 9:43 PM
Two Democratic Pa. congresswomen make surprise visit to Berks’ immigrant detention facility
They say conditions are mostly adequate, but that 'a golden cage is still a cage'
July 18, 2019 | 3:31 PM
Warning of danger to children, psychologists urge Wolf to close detention center
Wolf maintains he cannot prove in court that families at the Berks Family Residential Center are in immediate danger. A group of academics says they are.
