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How you’ll help

Call your senators and representative

For Pennsylvania residents. Call during business hours and ask for the staff member who handles immigration casework. If you reach voicemail, leave the short version. Calls count most from constituents, so give your town and ZIP code.

What to say

Hi, my name is [your name], and I’m a constituent from [town, ZIP]. I’m calling to ask [Senator / Representative name] to help Valentina Perez Tabares, a Lehigh Valley resident who was detained by ICE on October 11 at Lehigh Valley International Airport.

Valentina came here legally on a J-1 visa in 2021, has had an immigration case pending since 2022, and has a valid work permit. She works, studies, and pays taxes, and families here trust her with their children. She is being held in Pennsylvania.

I’m asking the [Senator / Representative]’s office to contact ICE’s Philadelphia Field Office about her case, to ask that she not be transferred out of Pennsylvania, and to support her release on bond while her case continues. Her attorney can coordinate a signed privacy release for casework.

Can I get the name of the staff member handling this? Thank you.

If you reach voicemail

Hi, I’m [your name] from [town, ZIP]. I’m asking [Senator / Representative name] to help Valentina Perez Tabares, a Lehigh Valley resident detained by ICE on October 11 and held in Pennsylvania. She entered legally, has a pending case and a valid work permit, and should not be moved out of Pennsylvania. Please contact ICE’s Philadelphia Field Office and support her release on bond. My number is [phone]. Thank you.

Who to call

Tap a number to call. Start with your own senators and representative.

  • Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA)

    For any Pennsylvania resident.

    Mail to200 Chestnut St., Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19106

    Online contact form

  • Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA)

    For any Pennsylvania resident. He got involved in a similar ICE detention case near Pittsburgh this year.

    Mail to840 W. Hamilton St., Suite 301, Allentown, PA 18101

    Online contact form

  • Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA 7th)

    Valentina’s own representative. Call if you live in the 7th District, which covers most of the Lehigh Valley.

    Mail to1125 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Suite 109, Allentown, PA 18103

    Online contact form

  • Your own U.S. representative

    If you live outside the 7th District.

    Find your representative

  • Gov. Josh Shapiro

    Lower priority. Immigration is federal, so the Governor’s office can’t act on her case directly, but public attention helps.

    Online form

Quick facts, if staff ask

Who
Valentina Perez Tabares. Lives in the Lehigh Valley, PA.
Detained
Sunday, October 11, 2026, by ICE at Lehigh Valley International Airport while catching a domestic flight.
Held at
In ICE custody in Pennsylvania.
Legal status
Came legally in 2021 on a J-1 visa as an au pair. Immigration case pending since 2022. Valid work permit.
Life here
Works full time. Goes to school. Pays taxes.
Her choice
ICE offered her $3,000 to accept deportation, with no guarantee of where she would be sent. She declined so a judge could hear her case.
What we’re asking
Contact ICE’s Philadelphia Field Office about her case. Keep her in Pennsylvania. Support her release on bond.
Privacy release
Her attorney can coordinate a signed privacy release for casework.
Her representative
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA 7th).

After you call, email pledge@helpvalentina.com with who you reached and anything they told you.