US EditionClergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
Faith leaders argue ICE unlawfully blocked pastoral visits at Minneapolis facility, citing freedom of religion and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in their lawsuit.
- Protestant and Catholic clergy are asking a federal judge to require the Department of Homeland Security to allow them to provide in-person spiritual care to detained immigrants at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building.
- Religious groups, including Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and United Church of Christ, argue that denying access violates religious freedom and detainees’ rights to pastoral support.
- The case comes amid controversy over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, where thousands of federal officers were deployed and protests have been ongoing.
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Judge grants Minneapolis clergy access to detainees in ICE holding facility
(RNS) — 'This is one important step in our struggle for justice and my call to live out Jesus’s command to care for the captives,' said the Rev. Susie Hayward, who is cited in the legal case and was in court for the ruling.
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Minnesota ReformerJudge orders ICE to let faith leaders minister to detainees at Whipple
A judge on Friday ordered the federal government to allow faith leaders to offer in-person pastoral care to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees held at the Whipple Federal Building. The preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell came…
Clergy allowed to visit Minneapolis ICE holding facility in latest ruling
‘The trauma that families are going through, and individuals are going through, at these times is exorbitant. And so to be able to meet people in those needs, that’s very much at the core, the heart and soul of what we do as ministers of all different traditions,’ Bishop Jennifer Nagel said
Faith leaders demand judge order pastoral visits to ICE facility in Minneapolis
Protestant and Catholic clergy are asking a federal judge to order that they be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration's enforcement surge in Minnesota.U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell will hear Friday from attorneys for Minnesota branches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and a Catholic priest. They're suing for an injunction requiring …
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