US EditionIllinois House Committee Advances Bill Banning Immigration Detention Centers Near Homes, Schools
The bill aims to protect communities by banning new detention centers near sensitive sites and follows $700,000 in financial strain on Broadview, officials said.
- On Wednesday, an Illinois House committee advanced legislation prohibiting new immigration detention centers within 1,500 feet of schools, churches, day care centers, parks, and private residences.
- House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch sponsored the bill following Operation Midway Blitz last year, when federal immigration agents used a processing center in Broadview, a village of about 8,000 residents.
- Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson testified the facility caused more than $700,000 in financial strain, with some residents living as close as 600 feet from the site.
- The bill passed the committee on an 8-3 vote with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed, though Rep. Christopher Davidsmeyer called it a "political bill."
- Because the federal government is generally exempt from local zoning restrictions, the bill is not retroactive and would not close the existing Broadview detention center.
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Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools - IPM Newsroom
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Capitol News Illinois | House panel advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools
An Illinois House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from owning, leasing or operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, day care center, park, forest preserve, cemetery or place…
Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools – Capitol News IL
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch acknowledged that the legislation is not retroactive, meaning it would apply to future facilities, but not the existing facility in Broadview or others currently owned or leased by the federal government. And it is unclear whether the proposal, if passed and signed into law, would pass constitutional muster. Generally, the federal government is exempt from local zoning restrictions.
Illinois House committee advances bill banning immigration detention centers near homes, schools
From Capitol News Illinois: An Illinois House committee advanced a bill that would prohibit the federal government from operating an immigration detention center within 1,500 feet of any home, school, daycare center, park, forest preserve, cemetery or place of worship
State lawmakers advance bill to keep immigration detention centers out of communities like suburban Broadview
State lawmakers are taking steps to, in the future, keep immigration detention centers out of communities. Under a bill that moved out of an Illinois House committee Wednesday, new immigration detention centers would be prohibited within 1,500 feet of schools, churches, day care centers, cemeteries, public parks, forest preserves, private residences and public housing. Testifying in support of the legislation was House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” We…
IL committee advances speaker’s bill to restrict federal detention centers
(The Center Square) – The Illinois House Executive Committee has advanced legislation that would place restrictions on where federal detention facilities can be placed, but a Republican lawmaker said the measure may invite litigation.
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