Freedom Vigil at ICE Washington Field Office in Chantilly, VA Calls for Dignity, Transparency, and Accountability
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March 25, 2026
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CHANTILLY, VA — Community members, advocates, and faith leaders will gather for the first-ever Freedom Vigil at the ICE Washington Field Office in Chantilly, Virginia, calling attention to the expansion of immigration detention and its impact on individuals and families.
This peaceful vigil will bring together members of the Alexandria Christ Church Episcopal Democracy Circle, additional members of Workers Circle activist community and local partners to bear witness and stand in solidarity with those currently detained.
Freedom Vigils like this one are taking place at places of ICE harm across the country; detention centers, processing facilities, ICE courts, and proposed warehouse locations. They represent a growing, coordinated effort by the Workers Circle to shine a light on detention practices and demand accountability. From local grassroots gatherings to larger regional mobilizations, these vigils are building sustained public pressure and community witness in response to ongoing immigration enforcement policies.
WHAT: Freedom Vigil at ICE Processing Facility
WHEN: Sunday, March 29th, 4-5pm
WHERE: ICE’s Washington Field Office, 14797 Murdock St. Chantilly, VA 20151
WHO: Democracy Circle at Christ Church Episcopal, faith leaders, immigrant advocates, and community members
PRESS AVAILABILITY:
Speakers, including faith leaders and local organizers will be available for interviews before and after the vigil.
DETAILS:
As ICE’s mass detention efforts continue to expand nationwide, advocates are raising concerns about conditions inside processing, transition, and detention facilities, the lack of government transparency on conditions, and the human toll on detained individuals and their families being impacted by these policies.
Participants will gather for a peaceful program that will include remarks, prayer, moments of silence, and symbolic acts of solidarity.
RSVP on Mobilize here: https://www.mobilize.us/theworkerscircle/event/920656/
QUOTES:
Rachael Buck, Community Member, Vigil Co-Leader.
The reports of abuse and denial of due process at ICE’s Washington Field Office in Chantilly, Virginia, mirror what we are seeing nationwide. Our neighbors detained inside this facility have shared that they faced inadequate water, just one meal a day, no space to lie down, no medical care, no access to lawyers, no basic hygiene, and pressure to sign deportation orders. Every person’s voice is needed to say this is un-American and it must stop.
Elizabeth Witt, Christ Church Democracy Circle Vigil Co-Leader
The Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, emphasizes that foreigners and strangers are to be treated with kindness, respect and dignity. As a person of faith, I have an obligation to protest when my government falls short in meeting the needs of those who come to our country seeking a better life for themselves and their families.
Noelle Damico, Director of Social Justice, The Workers Circle
Currently, over 68,000 people are currently held in ICE facilities across the nation. This is the largest number of people held in detention in our nation’s history. The violent and needless abductions, detentions and deportations of our neighbors, friends and family which include violations of due process, are without precedent. To anyone who is detention and to their family members who are in anguish, and to anyone who is afraid, know this: you are not alone. We will fight this together.
ABOUT THE WORKERS CIRCLE:
The Workers Circle is a national Jewish social justice organization founded by Eastern European immigrants who came to the United States fleeing autocracy and persecution and seeking democratic freedoms. That history drives the organization’s work today. Home to the grassroots power-building model of Democracy Circles, national freedom vigils, and the Talk to Your Sheriff program, the Workers Circle’s multigenerational activist community of 200,000+ people powers our strategic, non-partisan campaigns to empower voters, strengthen Constitutional rights, and demand the multiracial democracy we need.