FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Abby English, abigail.english@maketheroadpa.org, 814-386-8420; Cambriae W. Lee, media@aclupa.org, 215-671-6832
Bucks County, PA — On Tuesday, Sept. 16, community advocates from Bucks County Indivisible, Make the Road Pennsylvania, and the ACLU of Pennsylvania will rally and hold a press conference outside the Bucks County courthouse to address the human and financial cost of 287(g) agreements. Leaders from participating organizations will speak directly ahead of the preliminary injunction hearing for the case Make the Road Pennsylvania, et al. v. Harran.
WHO: Speakers include ACLU-PA Deputy Advocacy & Policy Director Danitra Sherman; Make the Road Pennsylvania Co-Executive Director Diana Robinson; The Welcome Project PA Executive Director Josh Blakesley; Bucks County Indivisible; and concerned community members
WHAT: Press conference, rally, and preliminary injunction hearing
WHEN: Tuesday, September 16, 2025: Press conference to begin at 11:45 a.m.; court hearing at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Bucks County Courthouse (55 East Court St., Doylestown, PA)
VISUALS: DJ, speakers, signs/banners protesting 287(g) and unjust ICE practices, approx. 50-100 community members
BACKGROUND: 287(g) programs have proven disastrous for local communities. These agreements:
- Increase racial profiling
- Erode trust in local law enforcement
- Waste resources and local taxpayer dollars when lawsuits inevitably arise
In June, the ACLU-PA and the Community Justice Project filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County on behalf of Make the Road Pennsylvania, NAACP Bucks County, the BuxMont Unitarian Universalists, and an impacted Bucks County resident, against Sheriff Fred Harran. The lawsuit argues the sheriff unilaterally and illegally entered into an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seeking to effectively deputize local law enforcement to operate as immigration agents.
“The sheriff’s decision to unilaterally enter this agreement without the approval of the elected County Commission is not only reckless, it is illegal,” said Diana Robinson, co-executive director of Make the Road Pennsylvania.
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