<p>JSRI joined scores of immigrant justice organizations in calling on ICE to end the practice of family detention. In the January 10 <a href="http://www.grassrootsleadership.org/_news/Family%20Detention%20Open%20Letter.pdf">Open Letter in Response to the Closing of the Berks County Family Shelter Care Center and Solicitation of New Family Detention Beds</a>, sigatories urged the Obama administration to, instead of detaining families, assign social workers with proven experience in providing family welfare services to manage families' cases.</p>