In North Carolina, Greensboro’s Keep Gate City Housed built a diverse coalition in support of pro-tenant policies by proving it was the best way to prevent homelessness.
Long-term nursing care facilities could close – as have 30 other PA homes in the last five years – leaving elderly, ill or injured local patients in dire consequences.
In a crabby rant with a local right-wing podcast, Harran also accused Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie of hating him.
Despite the threat of legal action, the Bucks County Sheriff’s office moves forward with the 287(g) program that will allow local deputies to act as de facto ICE agents.
The Democratic congressman hopes his Republican colleague Brian Fitzpatrick will vote against a budget that looks to gut social programs like Medicaid and SNAP that millions of families rely on.
If ICE approves the 287(g) “task force model” application and the sheriff moves forward without the commissioners’ green light, legal action will be imminent and “Bucks County taxpayers will be on the hook.”
