Shut Down Berks Coalition

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Shut Down Berks Reflects

The coalition won its fight, but still has work to do.

December 1st, 2022

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Shut down Berks sign. Photo: Carlos Nogueras

Elected officials

PA demands immigrant justice

February 7th, 2023

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Photo of a sign that reads: "No immigrant women's prisons in PA!"

No more prisoners at Berks

January 11th, 2023

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon

Women in politics

PA-05 takes on ICE facility

December 20th, 2022

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Immigration Attorney David Bennion, Jesenia Calderón, Denis Calderón via Facetime and Adrianna Torres

Elected officials

Denis' hearing rescheduled

December 16th, 2022

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Shut Down Berks achieves what it set out to do.

Berks Shutting Down

November 30th, 2022

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Shut Down Berks coalition activists holds a sign that reads "Shut Down Berks." Photo: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images,

Elected officials

Biden's tumultuous landing

October 20th, 2022

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Shut Down Berks Coalition protests at the White House demanding the closure of Berks County Detention Center.

On Biden’s doorstep

August 25th, 2022

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Photo: Brittany Valentine/Al Día News

Elected officials

Biden’s PHL Retreat

March 14th, 2022

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Photo: Shut Down Berks Coalition Twitter

#ShutDownBerks Continues

July 29th, 2021

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Photo: Make the Road PA Twitter

Shut Down Berks For Good

June 8th, 2021

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Police officers surround nearly 20 demonstrators from the Shut Down Berks Coalition, who linked arms and sat down in the road to block the entrance to the Berks County Residential Center as part of their call for Governor Tom Wolf to shut down the facility, which currently detains about 20 immigrant families. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

Protesters arrested at Berks

July 16th, 2018

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On Saturday, thousands of Philadelphians gathered in Logan Circle to call for an end to the detention and separation of immigrant families and the abolishment of ICE. Photo: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

Thousands protest in Philly

July 2nd, 2018

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Protesters at the June 19 rally in Rittenhouse Square who called for reform of the Trump administration's immigration policies. Greta Anderson / AL DÍA News

Protesting family detention

June 28th, 2018