Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for Pa. detention centers, warns facilities may not get permits

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Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/02/pennsylvania-ice-detention-centers-permits-shapiro-federal-government/

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers if initial reporting about the facilities is accurate.

In a letter dated Feb. 12, Gov. Josh Shapiro told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that her department’s record is reason enough to oppose planned ICE facilities in Berks and Schuylkill Counties.

“But as described further in the attached letter from members of my Cabinet, these facilities will also jeopardize the health and safety of Pennsylvanians who live nearby, overburden local infrastructure and emergency response personnel, and deprive the communities of important tax revenue,” Shapiro wrote.

For example, Shapiro writes that using the nearly 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Upper Bern Township as a detention center “would likely result in more than 14 times the legally permitted amount of wastewater.”

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It's a follow-up to this story from a week ago:
Everything you need to know about ICE's plan to open a detention center in Berks County
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107422044



Thank you Gov. Josh Shapiro!

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1. Thank you Governor Shapiro.