PAIFUP

News from the fight for freedom, safety and dignity for all immigrants

detained or facing deportation in Pennsylvania.

June 2025 | Issue 6

What's Happening?

In June, the PAIFUP team secured the release of 1 community member thanks to the efforts of our legal services and community partners.

This month we are highlighting one of our collaborating organizations, Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition (PIC)! Please check out their website and recent news story below, as well as some articles about news impacting the PA immigrant community.

Spotlight: Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition (PIC)

The Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition (PIC) is a diverse coalition of over 50 member organizations and hundreds of individual supporters. Their membership includes community groups, social, health and legal service providers, advocacy organizations, labor unions, and faith communities. PIC leads and supports campaigns that have been prioritized by member organizations to advance immigrant rights at the local, state, and federal levels. PIC also supports grassroots community-led organizations through training and capacity building, and supports member organizations to increase their immigration services. PIC builds immigrant electoral power through nonpartisan voter registration and education of new citizens at naturalization ceremonies. They also carry out year-round voter outreach and connect new voters to local PIC members.

PAIFUP would also like to give a shoutout to Julio Rodriguez, who is the Political Director at PIC, where he keeps coalition members informed on pending immigration legislation, executive orders, and rulemaking. He is the leading advocacy member when it comes to collaborating with PAIFUP and helps with all statewide efforts regarding funding. We look forward to continue working with you, Julio, and PIC to serve the immigrant community!

Here is some of the latest PIC news: PIC supported its members with helping revise a troubling policy in Montgomery County where their county jail was holding people with an ICE detainer for four hours past their release time.

https://northpennnow.com/news/2025/jun/17/montgomery-county-correctional-facility-amends-ice-detainer-policy/

In Other News

Philly DA calls out racism after man pretends to be ICE agent in Northeast Philly robbery

DA Larry Krasner spoke out against behavior that he claimed enabled a man to pose as an ICE agent while robbing a Philly business and zip tying a woman.

Philly immigrant communities and allies brace for ICE workplace raids

Acts of resistance are spreading as Immigration and Customs Enforcement steps up arrests.

Philly immigrants received a Father's Day surprise: orders to report to ICE

Immigrants across Philadelphia received terse text messages or app notifications on Friday evening, demanding they come to the ICE office on North Eighth Street Sunday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Amid recent immigration enforcement actions, Pittsburgh cancels International Parade, "It's simply not safe."

Citing precautionary concerns, the city made the decision to cancel the International Parade and Festival.

Nonprofit fears what ICE crackdown means for immigrants in Pittsburgh

While Pittsburgh leaders say ICE arrests are already bad, they could get worse.

Contributor: What does Juneteenth have in common with today's immigration raids?

History shows us that the law is important but reaches its full potential only when the people are informed and use it to defend their rights.

Catch up on the previous issue here!

Questions? Comments? News worth sharing? Send Yomayra Burgos, our PAIFUP coordinator, an email at yburgos@pirclaw.org.

The Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP) is a collaborative of nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania formed in order to achieve universal representation for detained immigrants facing removal proceedings in PA.