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Judge rules ICE must let religious leaders into Illinois facility for Ash Wednesday
Federal judge ruled DHS must permit Ash Wednesday ministry at Broadview detention center, citing a substantial burden on religious exercise under the First Amendment and related laws.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman ordered DHS to permit the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership to minister at Broadview on Ash Wednesday, citing the court's finding that DHS substantially burdened religious exercise.
- CSPL, a Catholic and Christian advocacy group, sued after DHS erected a fence last fall and Broadview recently reversed years of allowed religious visitation, blocking ministry access.
- Judge Gettleman ordered CSPL be allowed to offer ashes and Communion to willing Broadview detainees and required CSPL and DHS to meet to devise a security plan.
- CSPL said it is awaiting final DHS confirmation and DHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment, as organizers plan services.
- The dispute follows an enforcement surge known as Operation Midway Blitz and the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González last fall, with Cardinal Blase Cupich and Archbishop Alexander Sample raising clergy access concerns.
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Judge orders ICE to allow Catholics access to Chicago-area detention center
(RNS) — Cardinal Blase Cupich will celebrate an outdoor Ash Wednesday Mass and procession in solidarity with immigrant families hosted by the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, according to an announcement by the group Friday (Feb. 13). A day earlier, a judge ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to grant the Christian advocacy group access to the Broadview detention center near Chicago to minister to detainees on Ash Wedn…
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow Roman Catholic clergy members to minister to people at a detention center near Chicago on Ash Wednesday, after they had been denied access for months. The order, issued on Thursday, came three months after the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, a Catholic advocacy group based in Illinois, and several Catholic clergy filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying …
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