Priest Calls Detention Center Backers 'Racist'; City Manager Fights Back
Tom Thanas said the Catholic church should examine its own issues with human dignity before criticizing the city for considering an immigrant detention facility.
Joliet City Manager Tom Thanas, irked that a local priest called immigrant detention center supporters "racist," not only refused to retract a sarcastic comment he made about the Catholic church but criticized their position on the issue as hypocritical. For weeks, members of different religious groups have been attending Joliet City Council meetings to speak against a detention center being built in Joliet. At each meeting, Thanas explains that no plans have been presented so all discussion on the subject is "academic." But Thanas seemed to have reached the boiling point Tuesday night when the Rev. Peter Jankowski, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, told the council that those who support immigrant detention centers are racists. "I'…
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5:42 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
wish I had the medical ins. from the govt' like these illeagle beaners do go to hell wet backs more ›