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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

 

 

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2    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
3delivered to the Illinois State Board of Investment, the State
4Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement
5System, and the Office of the Governor.