Subject: No More Praying, Gawddammit
Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

“I’m dumbfounded,” the police chief told Block Club. “Every time I talk with [federal officials], it feels like their rules keep changing. We don’t really know what’s happening, I’m sorry I can’t say more. We just want to keep people safe and let them peacefully protest without getting hurt.”

Protesters expressed concern that the direction from federal officials could be in violation of the First Amendment, which guarantees both freedom of religion and assembly. The move also comes days after the AP reported that Pope Leo XIV urged authorities to allow pastoral workers to be able to access detained migrants.

Is there any part of the First Amendment the Trump administration isn’t happy to violate?

And gee, weren't there nightly vigils held by January 6 families at “Freedom Corner” outside the D.C. jail for, well, years? I don't remember the Biden administration taking away that right.


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