McHenry County Jail ICE Abolition Folks Encourage Phone Calls to Republican Board Members

Look what a Friend of McHenry County Blog found last week before the Thursday Committee of the Whole Meeting:

When Woodstock’s County Board member Carlos Acosta figured out he did not have the votes to end the County’s contract with ICE, he postponed consideration for a month.


Comments

McHenry County Jail ICE Abolition Folks Encourage Phone Calls to Republican Board Members — 33 Comments

  1. Not just any kind of idiots, useful idiots – of the DEMOCRAT funded and controlled mobs.

  2. Deport the illegal Mexican and assorted amigos immediately upon arrest.

  3. ‘Board’ members needing an old fashioned shampoo*!

    * Wood

  4. WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A county board has tabled a decision on whether a northern Illinois jail will keep its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants. The Northwest Herald reports the resolution will come up again at the McHenry County Board’s Sept. 15 meeting. The jail agreement with ICE has been around since 2004 but the board hasn’t looked at it since 2014.

    Board member Carlos Acosta says profiting off of immigration detention has made him uneasy, but a committee has already voted it down. The contract has brought in an average of $6.8 million a year for the county.

    https://www.walls102.com/mchenry-county-tables-decision-to-keep-jails-ice-contract/

    Acosta on the McHenry county board makes me uneasy.

  5. Carlos is profiting from the tax payers.

    I am uneasy about this guy being in politics after AJ’S Death.

    If this clown wants to change something he should help the illegals become US citizens the like all the other immigrants for a 100 years!!

    STOPPING ICE IN MCHENY COUNTY JAIL IS WRONG.

  6. How many Illegal Aliens reside in McHenry County?

    Are all of them Mexican? ⊙.☉

    Do Mexican American citizens carry legalized papers everywhere? ⊙.☉

  7. What does it matter how many illegal aliens are in McHenry County or what thier country of origin is?

    The ICE facility takes in illegal aliens from all over not just here.

    Did you notice the word “illegal” aliens?

    That means they are criminals by definition as thier mere presence in this country is illegal.

    We don’t need more people in this country that have no respect for the law.

    Sorry, we can’t let everyone live here and provide a free place to live and free health care.

    If you want to get in, follow the rules and take a number.

  8. Neal, I’m curious. I know what the words “Illegal Alien” mean.

    This is a McHenry County Blog.

    Since Illegal Aliens are mentioned often, I’d like to know.

    There is nothing wrong in asking questions. 😁

  9. How do you “cancel” a contract with the federal government?

    Are they asking the county to breach the contract (and presumably pay damages), or not renew it next time it comes up for renewal, or is there a provision in the contract allowing for it to be unilaterally terminated, or something different?

  10. It would be someone who has entered this country in a way that isn’t allowed by immigration laws.

    That it what makes them illegal. Alien refers to the fact that they are citizens of a foreign country.

    Technically you could call someone with a green card here a resident alien.

    Anyway you look at it, they have shown a lack of respect for our country and it’s laws by sneaking i

    Why would we want someone like that to be a citizen?

  11. Is their plan to “discuss” it at the September full county board meeting as new business, since Carlos Acosta had it removed from the August agenda, but not actually vote on it until the October meeting, or is their plan to vote on it at the September meeting?

    This has been going on since July, possibly earlier.

    It feels like they are playing games with their activists and/or just dragging this out in hopes they will get more support, wear down the county board members, or get at least some of the early voting out of the way before they have to vote on this resolution.

    The county board just needs to ignore the knuckleheads and do the right thing: extend/renew the ICE contract.

    It’s shameful that Democrats are all in support of removing ICE with the possible exception of Sue Ness (who, to my knowledge, has not weighed in on the issue).

    What is wrong with the Democratic Party?

  12. Carlos Acosta is a shirt free famous ballet dancer, based in Cuba. 😁

  13. Humanity is a matter of perspective.

    Think of it as a no-kill shelter.

    Then maybe some of you righteous human rights folks could adopt them.

    That’s even a more compassionate deal for lawbreakers than when we do it for stray pets, which are here through no fault of their own.

  14. In his 1995 State of the Union Address, Democrat President Bill Clinton stated this about illegal aliens:

    “All Americans are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.”

    Bill Clinton was correct in using that term and of course also in the consequences to our economy, jobs and an additional burden on taxpayers.

    In the 25 years since Bill Clinton’s speech, left wing radicals and most of the Democrat Party along with their partners in the media, the fourth estate, have conspired to change the term from “illegal aliens” to “undocumented immigrants”. Why?

    Why not use the correct term? The U.S. Justice Department has stated that the correct legal term for the persons involved is “illegal aliens”.

    What is the motivation to use “undocumented immigrants”?

    In the not too distant future, might the media extend their mischaracterizations to other persons committing crimes? Might they report a bank robbery as,

    “A person made an undocumented withdrawal of money from bank X in C.L. yesterday.”

    Rather than,

    “A white male approximately 6 feet tall and 200 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes (per the bank clerk) robbed bank x in C.L. and the amount of money stolen has not been divulged by the police or the bank.”

    In recent weeks of anarchy, riots, larceny in Democrat controlled cities such as Portland, Seattle, Chicago, etc., the mostly corrupt and fake news media many times fail to accurately describe the crimes. They simply say “a protest that got out of hand” rather than “riot and anarchy”. Why? Why is the fourth estate media downplaying the extremely serious nature of the events as simply “protests”? How can good and law abiding citizens hold the media accountable for their downright lies?

  15. Bred, we all need to know why on all fronts!

    Are the ICE opposing factions going to post all board members incrementally or is this group special.

    I remember Nowak pretty mad at receiving excessive calls last push.

    How long do we all stay silent?

    It’s getting nuttier each day while the dem speakers eloquently push their narrative like they’re the normal ones.

  16. I say let the folks that want to end the ICE jail contract invite the inmates to live with them in their magnificent houses, drive their automobiles, eat at their dinner table, and get a taste of life of a US citizen?

    What are the odds of that?

  17. Carlos Acosta is an idiot!

    First he shouldn’t even be on the County Board for his involvement or lack there of, with the AJ case! He was fired from his job from DCFS!

    Why?

    Don’t know exact details but maybe Cal can find out.

    Even if you get rid of the ICE contract ICE detainees don’t magically go back into the population.

    They get switched to another jail til they can be deported!

    The county will only lose a handful of correction officers probably because they still have to run the jail. Utilities and maintenance won’t come down.

    If you lose the 6.5 million which is close to 10% of the annual levy.

    It is a joke but Jacko is trying to get his base back on his side!

    Jacko the truest politician in McHenry County!

  18. This is an indicator of why people like Acosta need to be DE-VOTED, like DE-FUNDED, out of an elected position.

    If he was a decent man he would resign, post haste.

  19. They are targeting these people, most likely because they feel these board members are more malleable or persuadable.

    They already have at least 4 Democratic votes.

    It is very important that you reach out to these 5 on the list and voice your opinion, otherwise the enemy will.

    Those five are Doherty, Gottemoller, Bates, Skala and Barnes.

    I know you may not like some or all of those people (understandable), but it is important that you have them on your side (or at least most of them).

    This is very important — and I believe most, if not all, of these 5 Republicans will vote against the far left Democrats — but you’re still going to NEED to contact them.

    I communicated with a few county board members who I don’t care for much at all, but we found some common ground on this issue and that was beautiful!

    They want to hear from you.

    They want to be encouraged.

    They want to know the patriots and good guys have their backs!

    The time is not to “give up” on these 5 or call them RINOs for past votes you didn’t see eye to eye on them with, but to encourage them to be on the right side of this issue!

    If you give up on these 5, the far left Dems could be at at least 9, maybe 10 votes.

    Give them a few more votes and/or a few no shows, and that side would WIN.

    Think about that!

    Do you want the enemy to win, or do you want to win?

    Do you want to have borders or not?

    Do you want to have law or not?

    Then start contacting people!

    And tell all the PC and friends and neighbors or anybody sympathetic to wanting to have a country to do the same.

    6 Republicans on the gov committee already said no.

    That was Aavang, Nowak, Wilbeck, Thorsen, Wheeler, and Jung.

    Write them a thank you note.

    Not kidding.

    Start writing.

    Now!

    If you can read Cal’s blog and type on Cal’s blog, you can write a thank you note.

    And there are another 8 Republicans not on this list or in the gov committee that you need to contact:

    Reinert, Schofield, Parrish, Christiansen, Althoff, Kearns, McCann, and Smith.

    It is very important to contact them.

    Not much is being said about them.

    Don’t assume that within this group certain people are safe or certain people are doomed.

    Just write to all 8, tell them to vote no.

    Since Ness, to my knowledge, still hasn’t given any opinion on this, people should write to her too.

    She’s in a state rep race and might at least abstain or vote present instead of voting yes.

    Ideally, she would vote no, because that is the right thing to do.

    It would be nice to find out if they are actually going to vote on it at the next meeting or not.

    It would probably be safer to contact the board members before the next meeting to let them know, and then if they delay it until October just contact them again.

    An email per month isn’t that obnoxious.

    The activists are being told to call the board members once or twice per day.

    I have no idea if Bob Nowak swore and/or hung up on some illegal alien activist, but if so that’s the coolest thing Bob Nowak has done!

    You called him a RINO.

    I’m not above it.. even I have called John Jung an onion boy.

    But guess what?

    Jung voted the right way too, so I can’t complain about that.

    That’s why you need to call and/or email the board — they need to hear from you. Give them backup.

    Seriously, guys, contact the board members. Don’t be scared or lazy. This is not the time to quit.

    In summary:

    -Write to the 5 Republicans on this list and tell them to vote no. Doherty, Bates, Gottemoller, Skala, Barnes.

    -Write to the 6 Republicans who already voted no (Aavang, Jung, Wheeler, Wilbeck, Nowak, Thorsen) to thank them.

    -Write to other 8 Republicans and tell them to vote no: Reinert, Schofield, Parrish, Christiansen, Althoff, Kearns, McCann, and Smith. (You could probably combine this group with the first group of 5.)

    -Write to Ness because she’s the only Democrat who might not vote yes. The other 4 Dems have already either voted for it or said they support it, so I view them as lost causes — but if you want to write them, go ahead.

    -Do that within the next two weeks. You can write the same letter to each grouping of board members in the lists above; you don’t have to write an individualized note to every board member. That is preferable, but not necessary.

    -If they delay the vote until October, contact them again in October but before the October meeting.

    Relevant links

    MC meeting portal for dates and times of meetings: https://www.mchenrycountyil.gov/county-government/county-meetings

    MC board members (get contact info of board members by clicking their names): https://www.mchenrycountyil.gov/county-government/departments-a-i/county-board/meet-your-county-board-members

  20. Thank you Correcting! You are correct 🙂

    It’s nice to know when the people back our tough decisions and support the stances we take.

    We hear the negative comments all the time.

    A little positive reinforcement never hurt anyone.

    And thank you fellow Republican County Board Members I appreciate you too!

  21. Spot on Correcting.

    It’s time learn something from the left and actually do something.

    They are, so if people with more sanity do nothing, then the crazies win.

  22. Carlos Acosta is all about protecting the adult criminals “of color” but little white children are left to suffer and die as a direct result of his negligence.

    Please explain Mr. Acosta.

  23. That’s easy to explain.

    Adult criminals, if the democrats get their way can vote, for them of course.

    Dead kids don’t vote.

  24. Two citizens gave comments on the ICE matter at the McHenry County Board Meeting tonight wanting to remove ICE illegal aliens in the county jail. Two terribly misguided people using left wing Democrat boiler plate talking points such as: That is not who we are. Will these people vote for Biden/Harris, both of whom have expressed having open borders and health care for illegal aliens?

  25. Carlos is Honduran.

    From a wondrous land of sunshine, great coffe and a corrupt narco state which Mexican cartelistas tend to avoid.

  26. Been here in this county for 20 years.

    Have always known prejudice exists.

    How have we gotten to the point that we open talk about prejudging some because of their perceived “otherness”

  27. So let’s see if I understand this.

    The proposal is to give up $6.8 million per year for McHenry County as well as increase the unemployment rate so that another county can make this money.

    It doesn’t free anyone as they just go somewhere else.

    Is that right?

    So net net McHenry County residents (well property owners and, by trickle down, renters) can pay MORE taxes so some other place can pay less.

    But we get to say we don’t detain alleged criminals.

  28. Been living in McHenry county for 20 years now and have seen racism and bigotry first hand.

    In the last four years it has become worse, more open and less apologetic.

    Worse it now demonizes anyone who disagrees.

    What happened to E Pluribus Unum, out of many one.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *