In a CVS parking lot in Huntington Station on Sunday, as customers funneled in and out of the store, sat an empty dinner table decorated for Thanksgiving.

Nearby, at least 200 faith leaders and their congregants gathered in a parking lot where day laborers waiting for work have been arrested by federal agents . The group assembled to spotlight how, with the holiday season approaching, these day laborers, like so many others taken away by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be far from their families.

"It’s not just a political issue. It’s a moral issue," said Sister Janet Kinney of Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood. "All of our faith traditions talk about love of God, love of neighbor, taking care of the forgotten ... It’s literally all over our Scriptures.."

The group wal

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