ICE Memo Sheds Light on Timeline, Purpose of New Detention Centers

ICE memo reveals timeline, scale of warehouse plans that include Pennsylvania

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ICE memo reveals timeline, scale of warehouse plans that include Berks, Schuylkill counties

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. An ICE memo gives a glimpse into the agency’s intent for warehouses it quietly purchased in Pennsylvania and across the country as part of a sweeping, $38.3 billion plan to expand detention capacity. The memo on the “detention re…

ICE memo sheds light on timeline, purpose of new detention centers

An internal ICE memo claims facilities won’t burden communities like Upper Bern and Tremont Townships, something local and PA officials have raised concerns about.

Berks officials still waiting for information about ICE facility

The Berks County commissioners on Thursday said they have still not received much information about a planned ICE processing center in Upper Bern Township, but they are eagerly awaiting learning details about the facility. During their weekly meeting, Commissioner Christian Leinbach said he shared his concerns with U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser last week about the plan to convert a warehouse into a 1,500-person ICE processing center. Leinbach said Meuser…