Lawyers representing families detained at the Berks County Residential Center say Immigrations and Customs Enforcement may deport two families as soon as this weekend.
The timing of the press events raise concerns that the agency’s activities are an extension of President Donald Trump’s political campaign.
Pennsylvania has joined 16 other states and Washington D.C. in suing the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement over a new policy.
The lawsuit filed Monday comes a week after ICE made sudden changes to its rules for F-1 and M1 visas, which international students use to attend college in the United States. Under the “Temporary Final Rule”, they could lose their visas if all their fall classes moved online — a measure some universities have decided to take to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
After being ordered to release all children in their custody due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials argued against releasing their parents with them in new court filings.
