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PIC members are fighting for immigrant rights across the state. Here are the current ways to let your local elected leaders know they need to act now and stand with immigrant communities. 

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Governor Shapiro​​​​

Call Governor Shapiro at (717) 787-2500 or text (717-788-8990)

Governor Shapiro has the power to end Pennsylvania’s long-standing collaboration with ICE. We call on Governor Shapiro to use the full extent of his powers to end state collaboration with ICE and take pro-active action to protect immigrant communities. 

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Sample script: “Governor Shapiro, as a resident of Pennsylvania, I am calling on you to end state collaboration with ICE. Now is the time to use the full extent of your power to take administrative action, such as ending database access with ICE, ending collaboration between the State Department of Corrections and ICE, strengthening the state trooper ICE policy, protecting information in public benefit programs from ICE, prohibiting immigration enforcement arrests in state facilities, never lease or sell a state facility to ICE, and allow state departments to demonstrate support for the drivers licenses for all campaigns (HB 1518). We need our Governor to stand up for immigrant communities."

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Allegheny County

We are excited to share that on January 27th the Allegheny County Council introduced their Welcoming Legislation. The council will be voting on the legislation on February 10th! There are lots of ways to get involved and let your county council members know what you think about this new legislation. 

 

  1. Organizations, grassroots groups, congregations and business are welcomed to sign this open letter 

  2. You can contact your county council member personally about the legislation, or send your letters of support to the "request to comment" email at rtc@county.allegheny.pa.us. 

  3. Make a plan to attend the vote on Tuesday, February 10th at 5 pm at Allegheny County Courthouse (436 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 - 4th Floor Gold Room)

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Clearfield County Commissioners

 

Pennsylvania now has 8 immigrant detention centers, with the Moshannon Detention Center not only the largest in Pennsylvania, but the largest in the entire northeast. In the four years this prison as been a detention center for immigrants, already three people have died in custody. That is why community members are calling on the Clearfield County Commissioners to end the contracts at the Moshannon Detention Center. They have the power to end their contract with ICE and their contract with the Geo Group NOW. 

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Dauphin County

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Community leaders are calling on commissioners to pass a Welcoming County resolution and have begun to call on the prison board to end the enforcement of ICE detainers. There’s no reason our local tax dollars should be helping ICE rip people out of their communities. In August, Dauphin County prison collaborated with ICE by honoring an ICE detainer. They handed over a man to ICE who was then sent to Moshannon Detention Center. Five days later, that man was dead. It's time to end ICE collaboration in Dauphin County. 

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Sample script: “We support you in passing a Welcoming County resolution that ensures government employees are not communicating, data sharing, leasing to, or collaborating with ICE. Immigrant families are Dauphin families. Now is the time to end ICE collaboration.”

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Montgomery County

 

PIC members and community leaders in MontCo are calling on the County Commissioners to pass a Welcoming County resolution. On May 15th, the county solicitor confirmed that the commissioners can issue a formal resolution.

 

Recent announced changes to internal policies are a step in the right direction, but a Welcoming County resolution ensures those policy changes are comprehensive, long-lasting and enforceable. The community deserves a policy that comprehensively prohibits all ICE collaboration, which means adding language that ensures the county is not collecting or storing any personal immigration information and by prohibiting any new contracts or agreements with ICE, like a 287g contract or leasing office space to ICE agents, for example.

 

A resolution would make these policies public and transparent, and ensure that there is a process in place for community input to future changes. The Commissioners have an opportunity to be a leader for dignity and human rights in our state, it's time to finish the job.​

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Philadelphia​

Call Representative Boyle (202) 225-6111

Sample script: "Now is the time that Congressman Boyle stands firmly and publicly for immigrant rights, and demonstrates that with how he votes in Congress. I am disappointed that he has voted in favor of anti-immigrant bills this year, this is not in line with my values." 

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