Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (Democrat) recently announced the opening of two more migrant shelters in Chicago, a move that came as a surprise to local elected officials who only learned of the shelters’ openings in their communities through the governor’s announcement.
Last week, Governor Pritzker’s office praised the construction of two new shelters, paid for by Illinois taxpayers and made possible by contracts with the “non-profit sector.”
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“We thank our partners and contributions from the city, state, county and nonprofit sectors. These additional shelters will provide meaningful support to families seeking stability as they take the next step toward independence,” said Dulce Quintero, Illinois Department of Human Services Under Secretary-designate. Said In a press release.
“Illinois is implementing a comprehensive, data-driven plan to improve our response to this ongoing humanitarian crisis and increase the effectiveness of state, county and city investments,” the governor added.
But Democratic state Rep. Angelica Guerrero Cuellar and state Sen. Mike Porfirio were surprised by the announcement, saying they were unaware new shelters were opening in their jurisdictions until the announcement.
Both raised There are serious concerns about public safety, Chicago Tribune.
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Lawmakers said they knew the state was looking for facilities to serve as shelters but suggested full disclosure, public meetings and other measures should be taken before opening any shelters. But Governor Pritzker ignored those suggestions and announced President Joe Biden’s migrants would begin living in the shelters immediately.
Residents living near the evacuation centres were similarly unhappy with the announcement.
Gage Park resident Cassi Almeida is outraged that a new shelter is opening in her neighborhood. She fought to close a migrant shelter set up in a local park district’s outdoor facility, arguing it was a public safety hazard.
“They were smoking marijuana 24 hours a day, peeing in trees in parks, having sex in the park in front of kids. It was chaos. I think it was a big mistake for Pritzker to open more shelters,” she said. Said“Some of these people have no respect for the neighborhoods they live in,” Just the News reported.
“At around 4pm one of them pulled down his pants and urinated right in front of my house,” Almeida added. “I’m not against immigrants, I’m from Brazil, but it’s totally unacceptable that they behave with such disrespect. How can the government and the mayor praise and tolerate this chaos here in Chicago? It’s disgusting and shameful and America is never the same because of them.”
Almeida accused Democrats like Pritzker of turning the U.S. into a “Third World country.”
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“Want to see a third world country? Welcome to the United States of America,” she said. “This is what you see now. [with these migrant shelters.] When people think of third world countries, they think of people begging and kids selling food on the streets. Come to Chicago and see for yourself.”
State Assemblyman Adam Neimarg (R-Ill.) slammed Governor Pritzker for putting citizens and legal immigrants on the back burner in his efforts to make life easier for newly arrived immigrants.
“You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand exactly what the Democrats are doing. If this was about compassion and humanity, they wouldn’t be doing this. We’re putting veterans on the back burner, we’re putting homeless people on the back burner. We’re putting people who are struggling to pay their groceries. This is a Democratic voter registration drive,” Neimarg said.
Others point out that the new shelters also serve a strategic function: Both are located at the farthest points from the site of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August, and any further arrivals could quickly push migrants further away from downtown Chicago, where the DNC will be holding its events.
In fact, at least one migrant shelter near downtown Closed This is despite the fact that a base further south was being prepared for operation this month.
City officials closed the shelter that had been operating for a year at Richard J. Daley University, whose campus is just a few miles south of downtown, where the Democratic National Convention is being held.
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