Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson is facing opposition after he asked that 'all 50 city council members' find space to house migrants, according to a recent report.
Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson is facing opposition from local leaders after he asked that"all 50 city council members" find space in their wards to help house"more than 200 migrants" in tents, according to ABC7 Chicago."I'm a believer in help your people first, help yourselves first, help your community first. Then, reach out and help others," Moore said.
"If you can make that case, then you can say this isn't just for one population. It's something that helps the whole city out," Vasquez said. Johnson has announced he wants to relocate the city’s nearly 1,600 asylum-seeking migrants, currently living in police stations, to winterized camps with big tents before cold weather hits. , the mayor said, and under his plan the camps will provide meals as well as recreational and educational programming. Currently, 16 shelters in the city house 13,500 migrants, and more arrive every day.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported the cost to shelter the 13,500 migrants costs the city about $30 million per month. Johnson and his administration are working with the State of Illinois and Cook County to establish more shelters to take some of the pressure off Chicago, the mayor said.," Johnson said."If we do not create an infrastructure where we’re able to support and, quite frankly, contain these individuals who have experienced a great deal of harm, individuals who are desperate… that type of desperation will lead to chaos.
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