Lightfoot Defends Plan to Open Temporary Shelter for Immigrants in Shuttered Woodlawn School
January 3, 2023
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/03/lightfoot-defends-plan-open-temporary-shelter-immigrants-shuttered-woodlawn-school
City officials spent approximately $7 million caring for immigrants in December, Lightfoot said.
The city's 2023 budget set aside just $5 million to help the immigrants, as Lightfoot said she expected federal officials to cover much of the cost.
---
Plan to house migrants at former Chicago school delayed amid community pushback; mayor says city is at ‘maximum capacity’
Chicago Tribune
Jan 05, 2023
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-migrants-chicago-woodlawn-school-housing-20230106-5kh4hbvwyzff3pf5tzodlxijsu-story.html
Outside a former South Side elementary school that was chosen to shelter migrants arriving in Chicago, a small group of protesters gathered Thursday morning clamoring for their needs to be taken care of first.
“While I’ll love to help immigrants and everybody else, I’ll like to help my own first,” said longtime Woodlawn resident Jean Clark.
The uproar comes after the city confirmed last week that the old school would be refurbished as a temporary shelter to help address the recent surge of migrants, about 4,000 of whom have arrived to Chicago since August...
---
