Overview
- Officials denied entry Nov. 1 to clergy seeking to give Communion inside the Broadview processing center, the second refusal in three weeks.
- A DHS spokesperson said tours of facilities must be approved by Secretary Kristi Noem and requested with sufficient time to avoid interference with executive operations.
- Organizers said they followed DHS protocol and sought access more than a week in advance, including a second written request delivered on Thursday.
- The coalition held a public Mass outside that drew more than 100 participants, and later protests led to at least two detentions as state troopers fired pepper balls at the ground and used batons to push back crowds.
- A newly filed lawsuit by immigrant-rights lawyers alleges overcrowding, poor food, lack of hygiene and showers, limited medical care, and no access to lawyers inside the facility.