After months of rancor among its leaders and residents, a Chicago suburb has rejected a plan by the country’s largest private prison company to build and operate an immigrant detention center.
As Illinois lawmakers focus on adjourning by Thursday, supporters of a bill that would block a proposed Chicago-area immigrant detention facility try to clear their last legislative hurdle.
The measure would derail a proposal for the south suburb to contract with a private company to build and run a facility that would hold detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Village President Michael Einhorn says he and other town officials are having a hard time gauging public support for a planned immigrant detention center because Chicago-based protesters have come in and whipped people “into a frenzy.”
The Illinois Senate on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at blocking an immigrant detention center proposed for south suburban Crete, but the measure could face rougher going in the House.
