Video: CSPL Delegation Washes the Feet of Detainees at Broadview ICE Facility

In a second preliminary injunction issued March 31, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman found that the government's denial of access to the facility just outside Chicago likely violated federal religious freedom law and the First Amendment. The ruling granted CSPL, clergy, and women religious access on Holy Week, the most holiest weeks of the Christian calendar.

On Holy Thursday, Fr. Juan Vargas, Sr. Alicia Gutierrez, SH, Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ, and Fr. Paul Joseph Keller, CMF, entered inside of the Broadview ICE Facility and washed the feet of 14 detainees who were in handcuffs and shackles. They also provided Communion and pastoral care. Outside, fifty Catholic faithful stood in rain and heavy wind washing the feet of immigrant Catholics, praying the Rosary and singing, waiting for the pastoral delegation to emerge.