Neighborhoods around the city are asked to house more migrants as number surpasses 18,000
A proposed shelter at a park in the Galewood neighborhood in Austin was put on hold Monday after residents voiced strong concerns about the city’s decision to house hundreds of migrants there. Ald. Chris Taliaferro, 29th, said the proposed shelter at the Amundsen Park field house in Galewood was “fundamentally wrong” and that the decision by Mayor Brandon Johnson — who lives in the Austin ...