The attorneys said the students from Quakertown Community High School who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement policies acted in self-defense and will fight the charges. They include a simple assault charge elevated to aggravated assault, a felony, because the alleged victim is Police Chief Scott McElree.
Permitting and infrastructure concerns may trip up immigration detention centers despite DHS secretly purchasing two empty, rural Pennsylvania warehouses.
ACLU of Pennsylvania is calling for a "full and transparent investigation" of an off-campus ICE walkout that resulted in physical confrontations with local police against Quakertown high school student protesters that have been widely shared on social media generating national attention.
Quakertown School District officials canceled a planned student-led walkout Friday at its high school over Immigrations Customs Enforcement operations and tactics in the United States, but when some students took their protest into town, things turned violent.
The Bucks County District Attorney's Office is opening an independent investigation into how police handled the Quakertown student walkout, a spokesperson announced on Feb. 21. The Saturday announcement came an hour after an early morning press conference with...
Republicans in Lancaster County will uphold their decision to partner with ICE despite growing nationwide and local pushback.
Residents living in the country’s “refugee capital” push back against Lancaster County’s 287(g) agreements with ICE.
A local political group held a protest in Sellersville on Feb. 16 against ICE and executive overreach.
Residents near two rural Pennsylvania communities could see major losses with the placement of local ICE detention facilities.
Philadelphia’s ICE Out legislation seeks to impose local regulations on federal immigration officials ahead of possible massive deployment.
