Detainees Denied Communion at Illinois Detention Facility

Detainees Denied Communion at Illinois Detention Facility

Kathleen Murphy/CNA Scene from Nov. 1, 2025 Mass outside the Broadview facility in Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees. An estimated 2,000 Catholics attended the outdoor Mass including Sister JoAnn Persch, 91, a Sister of Mercy and longtime advocate for immigrant rights in the Chicago area.

Detainees denied communion at Illinois detention facility

Chicago, Illinois, Nov 1, 2025 / 17:29 pm Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado celebrated a Mass Nov. 1 outside the Broadview facility in Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees. Maldonado, an auxiliary [...]

From Kerala to Chicago Via Cambridge and Harvard: Indian American Rights Activist Readies to Run for Illinois State House

For the second time in two weeks, Litcy Kurisinkal, a candidate for the Illinois State House, was protesting against the reported inhumane conditions inside the Broadview ICE holding facility on the outskirts of her home city of Chicago, Illinois.  “On our first visit, they tear-gassed us and shot us with rubber bullets,” said Kurisinkal, a 12-year resident of the lakefront Chicago district that she is running to represent in a diverse, grassroo…