The Reverend Gary Graf will walk more than 800 miles from the south suburbs of Chicago to New York City’s Ellis Island to speak out against the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. Rev. Graf is the head pastor of Our Lady of the Heights in south suburban Chicago Heights, and a member of the group Priests for Justice for Immigrants.

“To tear families apart is to wound the very heart of God. We must announce these actions for what they are: immoral and un-American policies and enforcement actions that divide families and fracture our nation.”

Graf’s walk comes as the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz” in September, rounding up undocumented immigrants and others across the Chicago area and detaining them. Two people have been shot in the operations, one fatally.

Graf said he hopes to reach Ellis Island by Dec. 1. He will end his trip at the Statue of Liberty and hold an interfaith service in support of immigrant families affected by ICE.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)