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Religious Leaders to be Allowed Into ICE Detention Center for Ash Wednesday

By Mike Wennmacher Feb 13, 2026 | 11:57 AM

Religious leaders will be allowed into a ICE detention center in the Chicago suburbs for Ash Wednesday next week thanks to a judge’s order.

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said denying Catholic priests and sisters access to detainees violates a federal religious freedom law.

Not only will the religious leaders be allowed in for Ash Wednesday they will also be enabled to offer communion to the detainees going forward.