Berks County honors ICE detainers. What does that mean?

Berks County honors ICE detainers. What does that mean?

READING — Carrying out mass deportations was a key campaign promise for President Donald Trump, and since he’s reentered office, his administration has increased use of a tool that furthers that goal — ICE detainers. These voluntary requests ask local jails to hold people in their custody beyond their scheduled release so they can be taken into federal custody. Berks County does not have a formal agreement to cooperate with federal immigration o…