President Joe Biden's border crisis comes amid reports that the Johnson administration plans to halt the opening of new shelters for illegal border crossers, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who describes himself as a “progressive,” It's a policy change that appears to be divisive for Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker said he was “deeply concerned” about this.
The Democratic mayor of Chicago, who has been drowning in debt and blame for Biden's permissive immigration policies, has been silent, according to Block Club Chicago. tell He said he is asking city councilors to halt the search for new locations for additional migrant shelters.
On Dec. 22, Mr. Johnson “paused” efforts to open new shelters, citing “budget constraints,” according to insider reports. Instead of opening new shelters, he switched to a “rightsizing” plan for the shelter system, focusing on displacing people currently in shelters rather than increasing the number of available beds. Masu.
The newspaper quoted Mayoral Spokesperson Ronnie Reese as saying that City Hall is now working further on finding ways to send migrants through “relocation and resettlement services” as a way to free up shelter beds. I was told that he said that.
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But the news appears to have surprised Pritzker. Pritzker said he is “very concerned” about the new direction the Windy City is taking.
Pritzker even said at a news conference Monday that he wishes the stories being reported about the city's policy changes were not true.
“I'm very worried,” he said. Said media. “The city of Chicago doesn't have enough shelters.”
NEW: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker reacts to the news that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told City Council members that the city will stop creating new immigrant shelters.
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He also noted that the city has apparently stopped communicating with his office.
The city has not told the state where it wants our resources to go in building new shelters or supporting the construction of new shelters. So if they don't identify those locations, we can't help. And we need to make sure we don't run out of shelter capacity, as the city plans to do in late winter.
“If you thought warmer weather would end this problem, that's not the case. We still need shelter for these people,” he continued. “So I'm very concerned and I hope that at least the plan that I read this morning… is not the plan that they actually implement.”
City officials say they have “accepted more than 34,000 new arrivals” since August 31, 2022. information sheet It was later revealed that migrants would be limited to 60 days in the shelter.
The new plan appears to suggest that the large migrant tent city commissioned by Mr. Johnson will be put on hold for now, with no construction continuing and no further permits being sought from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The Environment Agency halted construction of the tent city in November after determining Mr Johnson had not taken sufficient precautions to remove toxins from the site.
A sign protesting the establishment of a migrant camp in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on December 1, 2023, is posted on a fence at a property near 38th Street and California Avenue. (Trent Sprague/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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