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About 25 activists gathered on Sunday at a vigil held by Shut Down Berks Interfaith Witness in protest of the Berks County Residential Center, which houses undocumented immigrant families, including children, seeking asylum in the United States.

The vigil included readings from the Bible and the Quran in English and Spanish as well as several gospel songs. In the past, women and children being detained at the center have come as close as possible to the vigil in order to sing and express their appreciation. At Sunday’s vigil, the area where they normally gathered was empty, except for one boy who rode his bike up to the fence to listen for a few minutes. Several Shut Down Berks members thought this, along with the fact that there were only three police cars stationed near the vigil, was odd, as the detainees have been known to approach past vigils, even in bad weather.