Chicago's migrant crisis continues to grow more serious as thousands arriving from the border and the city is struggling to help them.
Over the last three weeks, city officials said Chicago has seen a 10-fold increase in migrant arrivals, which had slowed to a trickle following the initial months when busloads were arriving on what seemed like a daily basis. Financial resources are scarce. State money allocated to shelter the thousands already here has run out, and federal dollars have been slow to trickle down.
A plan is in place to move some of them into Park District fieldhouses, like one at Brands Park in the 3200-block of North Elston Avenue. In South Shore, where community leaders have spent the better part of a decade fighting to get the old school building repurposed, the sudden move to place incoming migrants there feels like a slap in the face.
"When you have people say no you can't use this space in my ward, no you can't use this space in my area, when you have folks in the city that don't have the authority to override that, you end up with all of us not working together the way we should," she said.
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