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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Recently, land near Dwight was rezoned to allow |
| 3 | | for the operation of an immigration detention center; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Virginia-based Immigration Centers of America |
| 5 | | is in the process of securing a federal contract to build an |
| 6 | | immigration detention center to serve the Chicago area that |
| 7 | | would house an estimated 1,000 people; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Housing, transporting, and watching over migrant |
| 9 | | children detained along the southwest border has become a |
| 10 | | multibillion dollar business for private companies; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, This lucrative and secretive business is mired in |
| 12 | | controversial practices such as breaking up families and |
| 13 | | locking children in cages; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Profiting off of putting people in cages is |
| 15 | | morally bankrupt and not something that the State of Illinois |
| 16 | | should be supporting; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 18 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we urge the State of Illinois to divest from any for-profit |
| 20 | | companies that contract to shelter migrant children; and be it |