Church leaders and congregants lead a procession demanding fair and just immigration policies.

Via the Detroit Catholic:

DETROIT — Clergy, religious and pastors from various denominations led hundreds of lay faithful in making their voices heard in advocating for just immigration policies.

On July 14, Strangers No Longer, a Catholic grassroots organization that formed in Detroit to speak on behalf of immigrants, organized a solemn procession from Most Holy Trinity Parish in Corktown to Detroit's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office in order to deliver a letter asking the agency to review immigration enforcement policies and practices it says have created fear in the immigrant community.

The letter, which was read aloud to the assembly of people gathered outside the building which houses Detroit's ICE field office, highlighted concerns the group has raised over immigration enforcement practices, including the lack of clear identification of ICE agents during immigration actions, including the use of face masks, a lack of communication between ICE and local law enforcement, and the detainment of individuals who have not committed a felony, the group's leaders said.

The procession down Porter Street and Michigan Avenue ended at ICE’s field office, where Fr. David Buersmeyer, Strangers No Longer's chaplain, and Judith Brooks, Strangers No Longer's board president, asked to deliver the letter, but were turned away.

The group said it will look for other ways to deliver the letter, possibly through local congressional leaders.