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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Elvia Malagón

Immigration detention ends in Illinois after ICE transfers those awaiting deportation to out-of-state jails

Protestors rally at Congress Plaza in support of immigration reform in the United States, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file photo

Immigration detention has ended in Illinois after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement transferred those awaiting deportation to facilities outside of the state.

The federal agency confirmed Tuesday that as of Feb. 5, there weren’t any more people in ICE custody at the McHenry County Jail in Woodstock, and at the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, which were the last two facilities in the state housing people awaiting deportation.

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