Chicago Faith Leaders Say ICE Facility Denied Them Entry on Christmas Eve

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Source: Newsweek

Published Dec 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM EST updated Dec 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM EST


A group of faith leaders on Wednesday attempted to enter an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Chicago but were denied entry, they told reporters.

“Everybody has a right to be treated with dignity, and everybody has a right to share in Christmas joy, in holiday joy,” the Reverend Marshall Hatch of New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church of West Garfield, Illinois, told the Chicago Sun-Times. Newsweek reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) via email outside normal business hours on Wednesday night for comment.

Why It Matters

ICE and DHS have faced pressure from the religious community in Chicago, with pastors joining demonstrations outside facilities and urging officials to reflect on the treatment of immigrants and refugees.

The Catholic Church has been especially outspoken of the Trump administration and its immigration enforcement policies, describing them as a significant moral and humanitarian concern.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/faith-leaders-chicago-ice-facility-denied-entry-christmas-eve-11269365

[Coldwater]

1. Even the US Prison System

allows faith leaders, such as priests and chaplains into prisons to provide religious support and education to inmates.

What does ICE have to hide other than possibly inhumane treatment and conditions?

[ananda]

4. I guess this is what people following the anti-christ would do.

Pure evil.

[FredGarvin]

2. Cathoilc Churches

Not a good track record

[lonely bird]

3. But, but, but

Freedom of religion!

For me, not for thee.

[Evolve Dammit]

5. The cruelty never stops and is the whole mission.