More than 220 immigrant and human rights groups are urging the Biden administration to immediately halt all efforts to expand immigration detention and terminate contracts with private prisons to hold immigrants. The groups have also denounced plans for two facilities in Pennsylvania: the planned reopening of the Moshannon Valley Correctional Center and the planned expansion of an immigration jail in Berks County.
Biden Administration Urged to Halt Efforts to Expand Immigration Detention
HeadlineOct 11, 2021