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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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Congress​​​​

Call your Senators and Member of Congress

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Defund the Deportation Machine: Claw back every single penny of the $240 Billion being spent on immigration enforcement, detention and deportations.

Fund Education, Housing, and Healthcare: Zero out ICE funding, fund education, housing and healthcare affordable instead.

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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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Dauphin County

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Community leaders are calling on commissioners to pass a Welcoming County resolution that prohibits collaboration with ICE and ensures real language access for county services. There’s no reason local tax dollars should be helping ICE rip people out of their communities. Between February and July 2025, ICE made at least 145 arrests in Dauphin County, a 630% increase compared to the same period in 2024. In July, an ICE officer fired multiple shots indiscriminately at a fleeing vehicle in Allison Hill, thankfully no one was hurt.

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In the spring of 2026 the lack of Spanish language support in the child welfare and justice system kept children away from their immigrant parents, separated for more than two months. And on Memorial Day the father of this family was followed by ICE a couple blocks from their home and questioned about his open case with Children and Youth Services, only to be arrested, detained and deported as a result. When local governments cooperate with ICE, more people risk being funneled into immigration detention, separating families and creating fear in our communities.

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The Dauphin Welcoming County Resolution would help protect residents by:

  • Ensure that no immigration information is collected by county employees

  • Ensure that personal information maintained by the county is not disclosed to immigration agencies

  • Prohibit agreements or contracts with immigration agencies to rent or stage in county owned facilities

  • Prohibit agreements or contracts, like 287g, with immigration agencies and the county 

  • Establish standard and protocols to provide accessible language access in county services

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1. Sign the petition. Add your name to the call for Dauphin County Commissioners to pass a Welcoming County Resolution.

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2. Sign your group onto the open letter. If you're part of an organization, business, association, or congregation, ask an authorized representative to add your group's name.

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3. Email and/or call the Dauphin County Commissioners. Tell them to introduce and pass a Welcoming County Resolution

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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. And that language access is properly provided to residents. 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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