I joined a prayer vigil Friday morning August 6, 2010 from 7:15 am to 8:00 am
at Broadview Detention Facility, 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL 60155-2861. The center is located North of Chicago. The Center provides temporary housing for men and women who have been scooped off the streets of Chicago and some areas of Wisconsin, and out of their homes, for deportation. They are undocumented aliens.
The purpose of the prayer vigil was to be present in solidarity with those detained in a very concrete way. Since Broadview is where detainees are brought to be processed before being shipped out to McHenry County Jail or Kenosha Jail; and where they return from those sites to be driven by buses to O'Hare where they are deported to Ciudad Juarez (the extremely dangerous city which is in the midst of the drug war), and other places, relatives often come to say goodbye to their family members. The relatives, friends, and supporters join in prayer and song in behalf of the travelers. One thing evident on the faces of family members is just how devastating the experience of families being torn asunder is.
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