ICE rally for justice: Norristown families call for release of loved ones detained by ICE

Montgomery County Correctional Facility amends ICE detainer policy

NORRISTOWN — In the midst of local uproar, the Montgomery County Correctional Facility has amended its policies to require judicial warrants when collaborating with federal immigration authorities. Warden Sean McGee shared the policy revision in his report during Thursday’s Montgomery County Board of Prison Inspectors meeting. He noted that correctional facility representatives would no longer adhere to previously established guidelines to hold …

Advocates, Norristown family members speak out about ICE detainees

WEST NORRITON — Family members of people detained by federal immigration officers in Norristown spoke out Wednesday evening pleading for their safe return. The Reformed Church of the Ascension served as the backdrop for the press conference organized by Unides Para Servir Norristown as advocates estimated some 25 individuals have been detained by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement agents. “One of the things that we’ve been doing is we’ve been …

Norristown families express concern, speak about loved ones arrested by ICE

Representatives with the organization, Unides Para Servir Norristown, said they believe more than 25 people from Norristown are currently in ICE custody.

ICE rally for justice: Norristown families call for release of loved ones detained by ICE

Families united in Norristown for a rally to call on the release of their loved ones detained by ICE.

Montco officials change jail detainer policy, will now hold people up to 24 hours with judicial warrant - MoreThanTheCurve

Montgomery County jail officials have dropped their policy of holding immigrants wanted by ICE even after they’ve posted bail, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today. The four-hour-hold policy, which enabled federal agents to arrest people who might otherwise have been freed, was changed three days after The Inquirer reported on the case of Mexican national Andrea Lozano-Alanis, 31, of Norristown, who was held by the county for hours after her…