Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
GTH’s, Brennan Gian-Grasso, was quoted in this Philadelphia Inquirer article discussing the issues of splitting up families at detention centers, such as the Berks County Family Detention Center.
“This is part and parcel of the increasing use of detention as a bludgeon against asylum-seekers and their families,” said lawyer Brennan Gian-Grasso, past chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “The transfer of kids when they turn 18, while it existed in the past, happened a lot less because the government was willing to release people on parole.”