Faith groups demand justice at Sacramento immigration court: ‘Silence is the accomplice’

By Cathie Anderson

Updated October 25, 2025 1:58 PM

Peace and Justice Choir Director Jason Block directs Kit Rosander, right, Mark Tavianini, JoAnn Fuller, both in background, and other singers in their performance at a Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, protest. Cathie Anderson canderson@sacbee.com

Roughly 200 protesters shattered the quiet on Capitol Mall one Thursday evening this month, and they’re not done making noise. Sacramento ACT, a local interfaith coalition, plans to return next month with its prayer campaign to end what faith leaders call inhumane immigration detention practices at the John Moss Federal Building, which houses the region’s immigration court. At their first gathering, the first sounds of protest came not from bullhorns or drums but from song, including a modified rendition of a rousing civil rights anthem sung by the Peace and Justice Choir.

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