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Nearly 1,600 asylum-seeking immigrants currently living in police stations in Chicago are seeking to be relocated by Brandon Johnson, the city’s mayor. in at least two huge tents.
The politician’s objective is that, before the arrival of winter, two camps have been established to house groups of undocumented immigrants. They are waiting for a response from the government to grant them work permits or, in the best case, citizenship, based on their immigration status.
In this regard, Johnson pointed out in an interview with the newspaper Chicago Sun-Times that, andIn each of the tents contemplated to be installed, up to a thousand undocumented immigrants will be able to shelter from the low temperatures that prevail during the winter. lacking shelter and support while they receive some response to their request to stay in the country legally.
The mayor of Chicago’s plan is also to offer people food and recreational, as well as educational, programming, the latter for the youngest members of the families who managed to reach the state from different countries.
“These families are coming to the city of Chicago… If we don’t create an infrastructure where we can support and, frankly, contain these people who have experienced great harm, people who are desperate… that kind of despair will lead to chaos“said Brandon Johnson.
According to data from state authorities, Chicago has 16 shelters, but nearly 13,500 migrants have arrived in recent months and without a date being contemplated to conclude the exodus.
Thus, It is estimated that Chicago invests up to $30 million dollars a month to confront an immigration crisis that has been worsening because buses continue to leave Texas loaded with undocumented people who are taken to sanctuary cities, this under the sponsorship of Governor Greg Abbott, who at all costs seeks to prevent his state from being filled with illegals.
In order to address the problem, Chicago authorities are working with the state of Illinois and Cook County to establish more shelters where people can be received.
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