Advocacy groups expressed support for the decision but called for more steps to be taken.
Erika Guadalupe Nuñez, executive director of Juntos, a community-led Latinx immigration rights organization in Philadelphia, said she was part of a meeting earlier this week involving a coalition of groups about shutting down the detention center at York County Prison.
“I think my immediate thought is, ICE is pulling out of York because it couldn’t reach an agreement, but that doesn’t mean that the people who are there will be released, ” Nuñez said.
Nuñez said the main concern now is that people will lose access to their support networks including lawyers and volunteers if they re transferred. The organization, she said, believes that no one should be detained and that “we’ll be committed to that fight, continuously.”
County official: After nearly 30 years, ICE ends contract with York prison
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