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Jesse Hoyt, representing Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, leaves a note for John Scheidt at the Will County Carpenters Local 174 Welfare & Pension Funds offices in Joliet, Illinois, Monday, May 21, 2012. Hoyt is part of the latino groups who are protesting trade council support for immigrant detention center proposed for Crete. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ray Lescher
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Joliet City Manager Thomas Thanas
Protesters against a proposed immigrant detention center in Crete, march from Union Park into the Loop to join a large group of protesters in Chicago on Monday, May 21, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Marchers walk south on Western Ave. Saturday, March 31, 2012, in Blue Island. A group of about 40 people marched from Little Village in Chicago to the south suburb of Crete over a three-day span to protest the proposed construction of an immigration detention center in Crete. | John J. Kim~Sun-Times
JOLIET — The Catholic Diocese of Joliet has joined the opposition to the idea of bringing an immigrant detention center to the city and will join opponents at a community meeting on Thursday. The diocese previously was involved in opposition to the detention center when …