Posted: Oct. 14, 2025
Once again, Christian clergy and lay leaders are showing moral leadership by resisting Trump's cruel attacks on immigrants and people of color. ICE and its allies are attacking them for it.
Last week, the entire country was shocked by video footage of ICE officers shooting Pastor David Black -- who was wearing his clearly visible clergy collar -- in the head with pepper balls. Black was participating in a legal, peaceful protest calling for mercy for those unjustly held captive at the Broadview ICE processing center near Chicago.
On Thursday, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump regime from using force against religious leaders who are practicing their faith at protests due to a lawsuit by Rev. Black and others harmed by ICE. But that hasn't stopped ICE from infringing on our religious freedom.
This weekend, hundreds of social-justice Christians led by Catholic priests and nuns attempted to offer communion to those inside the Broadview facility. But ICE refused to let them in, sending local police to drive them away -- even though people in Illinois have a legal right to worship and take communion while detained.
Enough is enough. This regime cannot pretend to stand for "religious freedom" while physically and legally persecuting those who try to follow Jesus by challenging harm and oppression.
Our faith teaches us that ALL people are made in God's image, deserving of love and protection. Let's speak out as Christians and show solidarity with the faith leaders who are bravely taking on Trump's authoritarian ICE forces.
Sign the petition:
Love thy neighbor.