A shuttered Kmart at the corner of 71st Street and Pulaski Road will no longer serve as temporary housing for 658 asylum seekers currently living in Illinois.
State Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar confirmed that the Illinois Department of Human Services shut down plans that originally called for the relocation of these migrants to happen in early February. At the time, Guerrero-Cuellar and Chicago Ald. Silvana Tabares said they had significant concerns over the plan.
IDHS initially temporarily suspended the plan after community outcry. Guerrero-Cuellar said the agency listened to the concerns of her community.
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