{"id":1969,"date":"2026-07-03T05:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:10:47","slug":"pa-state-and-religious-leaders-hold-vigil-to-honor-lives-lost-in-ice-custody-ahead-of-nations-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1969","title":{"rendered":"Pa. state and religious leaders hold vigil to honor lives lost in ICE custody ahead of nation\u2019s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Philadelphia gears up to celebrate the nation\u2019s 250th, a group of political and interfaith leaders held a vigil Thursday at Christ Church to honor those who died in ICE custody. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1967\">Racist backlash roiled these high schoolers\u2019 production of \u20181776.\u2019 It strengthened their resolve.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The event comesa day before the nation\u2019s birthday celebrations but a week after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to take Haitians and Syrians off temporary protection status, opening them up to deportation. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Nathalie Cerin spoke at the vigil about her experience as a Haitian-American on TPS, which allows people whose home countries are unable to accommodate them a way to stay in the U.S. legally. Cerin said she was still celebrating Haiti\u2019s two goals against Morocco in a World Cup game (before ultimately losing) when she heard of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to end TPS for Haitians.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Cerin also said her experience on TPS had been a confusing one that left her and others in limbo.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe toughest part about being a TPS recipient is the ambiguity, and that\u2019s by design,\u201d Cerin said. \u201cThe confusion keeps you from making long-term plans. It traps you in a prison of conjecture, whispers of ICE raids and stories of people in detention centers who didn\u2019t make it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>These vigils and ICE protests happen consistently, said Alisa Lasater Wailoo of First United Methodist of Germantown, who attends the demonstrations every Monday. Demonstrations also happen on Wednesdays and Fridays, Lasater Wailoo said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat who represents South Philadelphia and Delaware County, also spoke Thursday,thanking the city\u2019s religious community for stepping up during a time of need.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur faith communities have stepped up and have really been a bright light,\u201d Scanlon said. \u201cThey\u2019ve stepped up in defense of the humanity of our neighbors and the strangers among us. They have stepped up as individuals to bring awareness and muster opposition to the administration\u2019s activities, and they\u2019ve stepped up in service to those who are suffering from that cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Scanlon tied her speech to the country\u2019s founding, reflecting on the words of Thomas Paine, the Founding Father who wrote <i>Common Sense<\/i>, calling for independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1965\">East Whiteland directs data center developer to stop work on Superfund site<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe [Paine] also reminds us we are all called to contribute to the greater good, and it is not in our numbers, but in our unity, that our great strength lies,\u201d Scanlon said. \u201cSo I call everyone to hear these words as a calling and an invitation to show up, to shine and to love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The vigil concluded with a Ringing of the Bell ceremony, where the names of 50 people who have died while in ICEcustody nationwide since Donald Trump took office in 2025 were spoken and followed by a bell toll. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Two of the people honored died at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania: Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, who died after a medical event, and Chaofeng Ge, whose death was ruled a suicide.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>State Sen. Art Haywood,a Democrat who represents parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, said he hoped attendees would leave remembering that the nation\u2019s future is mutable and that they can make a change.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think the main thing I want people to see is a rededication to what the nation has become,\u201d Haywood said. \u201cI am not so much looking back at 1776. 1776 was a very bad year for Africans; that was a year of enslavement. So I\u2019m not that comfortable celebrating, but I think the future of the nation is very powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Following the vigil held at Christ Church, Haywood, multi-faith leaders, and other attendees walked eight blocks through the hot, muggy streets of Philadelphia to take a stand in front of the ICE detention facility on Cherry Street.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Protesters tied a long red fabric to block the main driveway of the facility. The red cloth was meant to signify the blood of those lost and the red in Betsy Ross\u2019s American flag.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday, we mark this line with the same red that runs through Betsy Ross\u2019s flag,\u201d said the Rev. Kipp Gilmore-Clough of Chestnut Hill United Church. \u201cIt is a witness to the bloodshed and the lives lost. But it also symbolizes the possibility of unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1963\">The last legal obstacle for the Trump administration\u2019s own President\u2019s House panels has been removed<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vigil, which comes after the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to remove temporary protection status from Haitians and Syrians, pushed for action in support of immigrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pa. state and religious leaders hold vigil to honor lives lost in ICE custody ahead of nation\u2019s 250th birthday - 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