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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, stop honoring ICE detainers, issue and Emergency Removal Order to shut down the Abraxas child detention center, 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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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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Lackawanna County

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On February 4th, Lackawanna County introduced its “Protect Our Neighbors” ordinance, which would prohibit collaboration with immigration enforcement, protect county data and spaces, and prohibit the enforcement of ICE detainers. If you live in Lackawanna, take action today and let your county commissioner know what you think about the law.

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Montgomery County

 

PIC members and community leaders in MontCo are calling on the County Commissioners to finish the job for the Welcoming County resolution, by adding the following components to the resolution

  • Data protections: Make it clear in the policy that records, data sets and data bases are not be shared for immigration enforcement. 

  • Frontline training: All county employees must be trained on the Welcoming County resolution, not just department heads. 

  • A budget: Establish a budget to ensure staff are regularly trained, ensuring the resolution is backed by the financial resources needed to succeed.

  • Oversight: Establishing a permanent mechanism for community review.

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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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