Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition

Courthouse Press Conference

Date: Jun 7 2021, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Berks County Courthouse 633 Court St, Reading, PA 19601
Join the Shut Down Berks Coalition and Berks community members at the Berks County Courthouse to show solidarity and protest the expansion and repurposing of the Berks County immigrant family prison into a prison for adult immigrant women. We demand transparency from politicians and call to #ShutDownBerks!
This event will occur at the courthouse and will be live-streamed on social media.
Berks County Courthouse
633 Court St, Reading, PA 19601
Background:
On June 7th, 2021 at 10am, Make the Road Pennsylvania, community members and their counsel will be presenting their case against Berks County Commissioners Leinbach, Barnhardt, and Rivera for violating the Sunshine Act by failing to inform the public about their conversations with ICE to transform the Berk County immigrant family prison into a prison for adult immigrant women. Conversations and negotiations related to the proposal occurred in private, denying the community the ability to comment. Facebook link