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Faith leaders and families will conclude a 96-mile pilgrimage in the heat from Adelanto to DTLA
Amid a blistering heat wave, faith leaders and family members of people who’ve been detained by federal immigration agents will conclude a weeklong.
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Amid a blistering heat wave, faith leaders and family members of people who’ve been detained by federal immigration agents will conclude a weeklong, 96-mile pilgrimage that began at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in the Mojave Desert. Midday Tuesday, they'll make their final stop at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A.
Why now: The pilgrimage — organized by Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice, Nefesh LA, Sacred Resistance and other immigrant rights groups — is meant to draw attention to conditions inside detention centers, while calling for an end to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project.
Why it matters: Although the federal government maintains that conditions at immigrant detention centers are adequate, deaths in ICE custody continue to mount nationwide. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, at least 57 people have died in immigrant detention since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Walking for community members: Jaime Edwards-Acton, senior pastor at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Hollywood and St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Eagle Rock, told LAist he’s walking on behalf of “immigrant brothers and sisters” throughout the U.S. But, he said, the 14 parishioners who were detained during a raid at the Ambiance Apparel warehouse last summer were foremost on his mind.
Go deeper: 'Being here breaks people': Inside solitary confinement at Adelanto
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