Catholic leaders from across Metro Detroit marched to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Detroit on Monday to hand deliver a message decrying the aggressive tactics used by ICE agents during increased immigration raids, but the office refused to accept the group’s letter.
Several hundred protesters marched from Detroit’s Most Holy Trinity Church in Corktown to ICE’s Regional Office downtown on Michigan Avenue to deliver the letter. The group included Catholic priests, monks, and nuns from dozens of area parishes.
Some prayed aloud, as an armed uniformed man briefly opened the doors of the ICE office to tell the group they could not enter the building, nor could the group’s letter be accepted.
Among those who attended was Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger.
“Immigrants and migrants are a suffering people,” Weisenburger said before the march. “Because we recognize Christ and the dignity of our God in every human being, our goal today is to give a voice to those who have no voice.”
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