Bucks County’s new sheriff had campaigned on this topic and said he'd formally end county participation in the controversial ICE program this month.
The measure would apply to ICE and a growing number of local law enforcement agencies under contract with the federal agency.
The agreements, signed by police departments in Munhall, Springdale and Stowe, fall under a “task force model” that effectively deputizes local police officers to operate as immigration agents, including questioning people about their citizenship and immigration status.
Pennsylvania Sens. Amanda Cappelletti and Nikil Saval, both Democrats, have introduced a bill that would prohibit ICE officials from masking while on the job in the commonwealth, saying the practice damages trust in law enforcement and enables police impersonation.
Two separate courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport a Pennsylvania man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned.
A Halloween display outside a Richland Township home is drawing attention for its reference to immigration arrests.
A Bucks County judge is expected to decide next month if the sheriff can implement a controversial program that grants county deputies the power to act as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Monthly fees charged by the for-profit contractor that runs Pennsylvania's largest immigration detention center have increased by hundreds of thousands of dollars during the massive deportation push launched by President Donald Trump this year.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press.
