Oct 15, 2026 | ICE, Immigration
by Gabriela Martínez and Melissa Pérez-Carrillo of Spotlight PA | Oct. 13, 2026 HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s next governor will shape the commonwealth’s ongoing response to the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportation, as well as a slew of other immigration...
Aug 5, 2026 | ICE, Immigration
By Peter Hall-July 30, 2026 5:56 pm The former prison houses about 1,600 detainees under what Scanlon described prison-like conditions Scanlon (D-5th District) told the Capital-Star she spent about four hours inside the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a former...
Apr 9, 2026 | Immigration
by Kate Huangpu and Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA | April 6, 2026 HARRISBURG — A group of Pennsylvania counties has billed the federal government more than $21 million in recent years to detain immigrants in their jails, a first-of-its-kind review by Spotlight PA has...
Apr 2, 2026 | ICE, Immigration
By Charles Thompson | cthompson@pennlive.com After a month’s consideration, Mount Holly Springs borough council is sticking with its January decision to let its police department partner with federal immigration enforcement officers. In fact, council member Pam...
Apr 2, 2026 | ICE, Immigration
Noel Sims Across the country, local and state officials are fighting to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from turning local warehouses into sprawling detention centers to support the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. The most...
Feb 24, 2026 | Deportations, Environment, ICE, Immigration
by Amanda Fries of Spotlight PA | Feb. 23, 2026 UPPER BERN — Not enough clean water. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage dumped into systems designed to handle much less. More calls for already overwhelmed EMS departments. Pennsylvania leaders, municipal...
