Nearly two dozen people including many faith leaders were arrested outside the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois this week after a tense standoff with federal officers, marking the latest flashpoint in a series of confrontations between clergy demonstrators and law enforcement under President Donald Trump’s renewed immigration crackdown.

Clergy representing Catholic, Jewish, Episcopal and interfaith coalitions gathered Friday morning to demand an end to workplace raids and mass detentions. The protest escalated when officers ordered the group to disperse; several faith leaders refused, kneeling in the street in prayer before being taken into custody, according to Reuters. Organizers say at least one of the arrestees was a 72-year-old priest who has participated in immigration vigils for

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