Crete’s village board on Monday voted to withdraw the south suburb
from consideration for a federal immigration detention center, said Village
President Mike Einhorn.
The unanimous decision of the six-member board of trustees
followed months of organized opposition among residents to the proposed
detention center.
“There hasn’t been community support for a while,” said village
Trustee Daniel Bachert.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement selected Crete as a
potential site for the detention center last year, Einhorn said.
In December, residents began organizing against the proposal,
arguing that a detention center within village limits would depress local
property values and pose a potential security threat, said Laurene
Lambertino-Urquizo, one of the organizers of the opposition movement in
Crete.
A petition against the detention center had garnered more than
1,500 signatures, Lambertino-Urquizo said.
“Up into the very end I think everybody including myself was on
the fence about this one,” Einhorn said.
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