NO ICE IN BERKS
Berks Organizing Workgroup
BOW is a nonviolent, all-volunteer political action group that launched in February 2026 as part of the BURN coalition. We want a safe, secure Berks County where all people can live without fear of ICE, and everyone is afforded their full Constitutional rights, including due process.
The ICE of today operates outside the law, tears families apart, and partners with companies that profit from human suffering. Berks must end its relationship with an agency known for brutal detention practices and violent disregard for due process. BOW's mission is to stop all formal and informal collaboration with ICE, shut down Abraxas Academy, and support state legislation to get ICE out of Pennsylvania.
"Before the protest, he wrote letters about conditions at Moshannon to his attorney. The first, dated March 3, had 68 signatures from other detainees. The letter claimed the food is rotten and contains worms or insects; that detainees do not get adequate medical or dental attention; and that they have to beg for basic amenities like toilet paper and hand soap."
- Edin Daniel Chinchilla-Roque, former Moshannon Valley Processing Center detainee
Spotlight PA, 6/4/26
Since March 2025, Berks County officials have voluntarily discharged
100
people directly into the hands of ICE.
Core Civic and Geo Group (primary profiteers of prisons) 2025 Net Income was $116.5 million, a
69%
revenue increase compared to 2024.
53
Since January 2025,
people have died in ICE custody.
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ICE's IMPACT on BERKS
Residents are afraid to access services and engage with the communty leading to increased food insecurity, lack of medical care and lower school attendence.
A 16% increase in violence against Latinos and a 30% decrease in crime reporting.
ICE arrests corelate to a drop in employment and a decrease in consumer spending as community members are fearful to leave their homes.
ICE causes undo stress and anxiety on a community and families who have no idea when and where their family member have been taken, or when/if they will return.