Immigration activists are trying to stop an Allentown hospital from forcibly repatriating a desperately ill woman to her Dominican Republic homeland, saying the undocumented mother of two could die if sent away. The 46-year-old woman, identified only as S.C. to protect her privacy, experienced complications from surgery after suffering a
Berks County Residential Center, immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania, officially closed its doors. This is fifth immigration prison contract to end under Biden administration. Advocates maintain closure signals immigration prisons do not need to exist.
The administration must not under any circumstances send asylum seekers and migrants to the notorious Guantánamo Bay or other offshore detention locations. The United States should also immediately create swift, meaningful, and substantial safe pathways to protection for Haitians, and provide access to apply for asylum in the United States, without discrimination, and regardless of whether people travel by land, sea, or air in search of refuge.
Berks County immigrant detention center closing, nearly all detainees released friendsjournal.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from friendsjournal.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.