• Berks Family Residential Center: In Berks County, Pennsylvania, a small facility is detaining women and children who have applied for asylum or immigration relief under secure conditions. Advocates argue the facility violates many policies. Advocacy groups have taken a number of policy angles to advance efforts to close the facility and release detainees. The facility’s license has been revoked because advocacy groups identified specific policies for which the center is in violation. Conduct background research on the Berks facility, its detainees, and the rationale for its license revocation. https://www.ice.gov/detention-facility/berks-family-residential-center
• Berks detention center for immigrant mothers and children wins licensing appeal:https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/Berks-detention-center-stays-open-.html
• 0 Immigrant Families Detained in Berks County Detention Center Could Finally Head to Court and Find Freedom: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/berks-county-detention-center-detainees/32158/
• Berks Hunger Strike Article: 2 Migrant Women Held in Pennsylvania Start a Hunger Strike to Protest Detention (look in the file)
After reviewing these resources above, identify policy issues that extend from the treatment of the traumatized inhabitants, such as revictimization, at the institutional, state, federal, and international levels.
Construct a table that documents
(1) the levels of policy issues involved,
(2) the specific policies in play,
(3) the implications of the policies,
(4) the impact of this policy have on the residents,
(5) significant actions that have been taken or are underway to address these specific policies, and
(6) the advocacy proposals or actions by the involved advocacy organizations.
Be specific and concise in your assessment. Use the following chart as a guide in the file