Evanston faith leaders denounce Chicago real estate firm for contracting with ICE

Interfaith clergy, immigrant rights advocates, and a former prisoner of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gathered at Evanston’s Sherman Plaza on Friday to announce their opposition to Chicago-based real estate investment trust Highlands Real Estate Investment Trust’s plan to lease a vacant jail near Denver to the federal government for immigration detention. “Our message […] The post Evanston faith leaders denounce Chicago real estate firm for contracting with ICE appeared first on Chicago Reader.