Ignoring Residents’ Complaints, Chicago Charges Forward With Migrant Tent Camp Plans
The city has been entangled in a heated debate over whether the city should remain a sanctuary to nearly 21,000 migrants and counting.
Chicago is moving ahead with plans to build a migrant tent camp, despite protests from hundreds of residents who say the city is prioritizing the surge of migrants over other disadvantaged communities.
The temporary housing, set to be built on a lot that will cost the city nearly $100,000 a month to use, has sparked backlash for weeks, including a swarm of residents descending upon a special city council meeting last week to demand the city change its “sanctuary city” status.
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