More than 50 Catholic nuns, priests and deacons arrived at the ICE Detention Center in Broadview on Nov. 1. Their goal was to bring communion to the immigrants being detained inside the industrial building on Beach Street. A small group of representatives of the group, including a 91-year-old nun, were escorted to the door of the facility by Illinois State Police to make their request only to be turned away.
According to the National Catholic Reporter, the Catholic leaders then said Mass for the more than 2,000 protesters who had gathered at the site. Communion was distributed to the protesters. The protest was organized by the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership. The priests were from across the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese, said NCR.
A priest sprinkles holy water on worshipers at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
A priest sprinkles holy water on worshipers at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Priests place marigold flowers in a fence in honor of ICE detainees at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Dancers in Mesoamerican indigenous dress at Catholic Mass and protest near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Worshipers at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Center on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
An alter server with a thurible (incense burner) at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
A worshiper lays marigold flowers in honor of ICE detainees at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Worshipers pray at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Worshipers pray at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Worshipers pray at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
A delegation of Catholic priests attempting to enter the Broadview ICE Detention Facility to offer communion to detainees is stopped by Illinois State Police on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Worshipers pray at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
Worshipers at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor 
A worshiper receives communion at Catholic Mass near the Broadview ICE Detention Facility on Saturday November 1, 2025 | Todd Bannor
