Coalition to Cancel the ICE Contract hosts roadside rally May 15 in Huntley

The Coalition to Cancel the ICE Contract in McHenry County will hold a Roadside Rally from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15, along Route 47 at Deicke Park in Huntley.

Supporters and participants are invited to bring signs demanding that the McHenry County Board finally vote to end the federal contract to use the County Jail as an immigrant detention center. Masking is required and social distancing will be observed.

This is the final roadside rally before the McHenry County Board meets on Wednesday, May 18, when the issue will likely come to a vote.

The Huntley vigil is last of a series of events that have taken the struggle to every corner of McHenry County. Previous rallies have been held in Crystal Lake, Harvard, in Woodstock Square, and Algonquin.

Next week a "Pack the Parking Lot Rally" will be held before the board meeting at the McHenry County Administrative Center, 667 Ware Road in Woodstock beginning at 5 p.m., featuring speakers and live music by Chicago-based group Jarochicanos.

The Coalition to Cancel the ICE Contract in McHenry County was formed by concerned organizations committed to immigration justice and ending the ICE contract with McHenry County Jail and includes 30 groups from the county and region.

Over 2,000 signatures on a petition to end the contract were recently presented to the board and 424 individuals now are registered on the Coalition's Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/CancelICEContractMcHenryCounty.