US EditionClergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
Clergy allege ICE blocked spiritual care at Minneapolis facility, seeking court order to restore prompt pastoral visits amid ongoing immigration enforcement concerns.
- 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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Ottumwa Courier
Federal judge grants injunction allowing clergy visits at Minneapolis ICE holding facility
Clergy will 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 granted an injunction requested by Minnesota branches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church…
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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Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
Clergy groups in Minnesota are asking a federal judge to order ICE to allow in-person pastoral visits for immigrants held in a Minneapolis federal building.
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