Planned Pennsylvania ICE Site Has Years of Unresolved Construction Problems, Records Show

Planned Pennsylvania ICE site has years of unresolved construction problems, records show

The developer of a Berks County warehouse that ICE wants to use as a processing facility hasn’t fixed construction deficiencies at the property despite years of requests from local officials. Now it’s unclear if it ever will.

ICE Warehouse Has Years of Unresolved cConstruction Problems, Records Show

Article by Amanda Fries of Spotlight PA UPPER BERN — The developer of a Berks County warehouse that ICE wants to use as a processing facility hasn’t fixed construction deficiencies at the property despite years of requests from local officials. Now it’s unclear if it ever will. In late January, the Department of Homeland Security purchased the warehouse at 3501 Mountain Road in Upper Bern. Shortly after, the township gave Transwestern Developmen…

ICE Warehouse Has Years of Unresolved Construction Problems, Records Show

Upper Bern Township has struggled for years to make a developer fix construction deficiencies of a warehouse now planned for an ICE detention center, records obtained by Spotlight PA show. Now that the federal government has bought the building, no one can say if the problems will be addressed. By Amanda Fries, Spotlight PA Pictured above: The Upper Bern Township warehouse where ICE wants to put an immigrant detention processing center. Photo co…