ICE Presence in Chicago Sparks Catholic Prayer and Protest
A group of Catholics has been praying the rosary outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, every Friday for 19 years.
As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful
said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest, reflecting the shift in their interactions with ICE agents.
- Priests and others were sometimes allowed to climb aboard buses and pray with detainees as they left the site to be deported abroad.
- However, ICE's demeanor began to change earlier this year, with masked agents violently dispersing protesters, including religious leaders, roughly two months ago.
Author's summary: Catholics pray and protest ICE in Chicago.