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Ice on Immigration: Religious Services for Immigrants in DetentionQuestion: My friend is detained and languishing in an immigration detention facility in Louisiana. He and I practice the same religion. We are very devout in our religious practices and beliefs. The detention facility arranges religious services for people of other faiths but none for ours. Ours is a major world religion, but the number of its followers in the United States is less than 1 million. How can my friend get the detention facility to arrange religious services for our faith?Answer: Advise your incarcerated friend to speak to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official or another worker assigned to his case about his need for religious services of his faith while being detained. If that does not work, advise your friend to ask a BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) accredited representative or immigration attorney to help with his request. A spokesperson for ICE recently told me that ICE tries to accommodate the religious needs of detained individuals if possible.
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