More than 250 advocates and immigrant workers, including approximately 60 members from the Latino Union of Chicago,
met in Washington D.C. last week to make their voices heard by
legislators and push for a moratorium on deportations while a deal on immigration
reform is being hashed out.
On February 13, immigrant groups from across then nation, organized by the United Workers Congress, attended the first Senate hearing on immigration, met with U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D, IL-4), rallied on the Hill and met with legislators from their respective states.
Members of the Latino Union of Chicago met with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the bipartisan group of senators dubbed the Gang of Eight, to ask about features of their recently released proposal “Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.”
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Pressure is mounting against a proposal to open a for-profit immigrant detention center
in Joliet. Activists submitted 4,000 petitions against the facility to the 
Labor union leaders gathered yesterday to demand comprehensive
immigration reform, joining in the fight for America’s more than 11
million undocumented immigrants.
Tri-County Detention Center in Ullin, Illinois is one of the 10 worst
immigrant detention centers in the country, according to a 
The United States prison industry continues to shift towards private ownership of facilities, and the immigrant and minority populations in most prisons now disproportionately outnumber white inmates.
The Crete Village Board unanimously voted Monday night not to go
forward with a planned federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) detention center in their village boundaries – meaning ICE will
likely approach another small town near Chicago. 