Brighton Park migrant tent site is polluted with metals; city plans cleanup
Over protests, Mayor Brandon Johnson is moving ahead with plans to shelter migrants on polluted Brighton Park site
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Over protests, Mayor Brandon Johnson is moving ahead with plans to shelter migrants on polluted Brighton Park site
Protesters said more than 10 dump trucks were lined up to enter the site to lay a gravel base, which city officials have said is required of any site intended for a migrant camp.
Protesters said more than 10 dump trucks were lined up to enter the site to lay a gravel base, which city officials have said is required of any site intended for a migrant camp.
Plans call for the camp to be built on a vacant lot near West 38th Street and South California Avenue, costing the city $91,400-a-month.
CHICAGO — Hundreds turned out Friday afternoon in Brighton Park to march in protest of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to erect winterized tents to house 2,000 migrants in an empty