A federal appellate court ruling means that McHenry and Kankakee counties must stop housing federal immigration detainees, who now may be released or transferred to other jails out of state.
The Coalition to Cancel the ICE contract in McHenry County issued a statement that “a dream that was fought for by many throughout the years was finally realized.”
But last summer, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Illinois Way Forward Act, which prohibited counties from entering such ICE contracts, effective on Jan. 1. But a three-judge panel ruled Wednesday against any further delay, writing, “We conclude that the counties have not made a ‘strong showing’ that they are likely to succeed on the merits.”
“We are working with several allied organizations to push ICE to release the people held at McHenry and Kankakee, and NOT transferred elsewhere,” he wrote in an email to the Tribune. “Ultimately we believe that ICE detention is cruel and unnecessary, and should be ended altogether not just here in Illinois but nationwide.”
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