Berks County residents protest ICE detention center plan

Gov. Josh Shapiro to provide update on proposed ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania

Governor Josh Shapiro and other officials will deliver an update on proposed ICE detention facilities in Berks and Schuylkill counties. You can watch LIVE on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, along with other leaders are set to give an update on the proposed ICE detention facilities in Berks and Schuylkill counties. This update comes after the Department of Homeland Security recently purchased a warehouse in …

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Story by Amanda Fries of Spotlight PA

Berks County residents protest ICE detention center plan

UPPER BERN — Roughly 100 people protested this weekend outside the municipal building in the small Berks County township where ICE wants to convert a warehouse into an immigration detention center. The gathering — the first protest near the warehouse since it was purchased — was planned by Allison Herr and Quentin Boussard, a couple who attend Franklin & Marshall College in nearby Lancaster. Herr told Boussard she felt hopeless about ICE’s plans…

Crowd rallies at first protest against planned ICE center in Upper Bern

This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. UPPER BERN — Roughly 100 people protested this weekend outside the municipal building in the small Berks County township where ICE wants to convert a warehouse into an immigration detention center. The gathering — the first prote…