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No discipline for Quakertown police, chief for ICE protest: Council
In a four-page statement, Council President Don Rosenberger defended Chief Scott McElree and the other officers in the clash between police and Quakertown students.
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Quakertown police chief back on job after student clash
Quakertown Borough police Chief Scott McElree is back from leave after sustaining injuries in a clash with high school students at an ICE protest in February.
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Your weekly guide to taking action in Pennsylvania (May 8 – May 14)
A weekly roundup of Pennsylvania political events, advocacy opportunities, protests, and more ways to take action statewide–Friday, May 8 through Thursday, May 14.
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Pa. Democrats push bills to limit immigration enforcement at K-12 schools
The measures would ban school personnel from sharing students’ identifying information.
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Emails between ICE and western Pennsylvania police show cash incentives
Springdale Borough’s partnership with ICE has brought headaches, but records obtained from other area governments by Pittsburgh’s Public Source suggest that working with the federal agency can involve rewards, too.
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Three more York County police agencies join ICE partnership program
The Northern York County Regional, Hellam Township and Carroll Township police departments will join the federal 287(g) program after receiving approval to move forward with the agreements that deputize local law enforcement officers as immigration enforcers.
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Central Pa. Bhutanese community responds to ICE detentions
Harrisburg and the surrounding area is home to over 50,000 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees.
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Faith leaders and family call on ICE to release Harrisburg-area asylum seeker
Omar Viadurre Luis was detained by ICE after meeting with a Harrisburg magistrate judge last October.
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Quakertown chief says he was protecting not choking student: Police report
Newly obtained police reports give Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree’s version of what happened during when a student protest turned violent when he arrived on scene last month He denies he placed a student in a chokehold and that he didn’t identify himself as a police officer.
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Tensions continue in Quakertown over police-student clash at ICE protest
A demonstrator was confronted Wednesday outside Quakertown Borough Hall before a council meeting where again the public demanded accountability in the wake of the student-police violence last month after a high school walkout.
