Chicago begins relocation of migrants staying in park district facilities
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The City of Chicago on Monday said it will start returning five parks to the public after using them to temporarily house illegal immigrants.
Still, residents living near the Gage Park field house say moving migrants is going to make the issue "another neighborhood's problem.”
Programming is slated to return to five Chicago Park District facilities that currently serve as temporary emergency shelters for migrants.
The Rogers Park school, where 40 languages are spoken, has the most diverse student body in the city. That includes about 40 refugees from Venezuela, whose “resiliance is unbelievable,” one teacher said.