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Just days after the City of Chicago moved 300 migrants into temporary at Wilbur Wright College on the Northwest side, City Council is expected to vote on...
"many of them women and children, moved in over the weekend after staying in the lobbies of police stations"
The weather gods, we would appreciate it, rick. >> do my best. >> thank you. john? >> you can be compassionate but not foolish. >> we're inviting in like a magnet, everybody come here, collect all your freebies, we're going to give it to you. every sucker in here is going to pay for it. >> tensions flair in chicago about a plan that would relocate 400 migrants currently living in police stations across the city. beginning june 1st, the migrants would be moved to a college on the city's northwest side, wright college, where they would stay through the beginning of august. our next guest support...
That community meeting. listen to exchange between the deputy police chief and folks in the crowd. >> there's plenty of resources to staff, providing safety -- so wright college is part of our community. so to understand that -- >> i mean, audible boos there. what do you see to people who say, look, there's enough problems with safety in our schools that we don't need to be doing this? why should our community shoulder the burden of all of these migrants? what do you say? >> thanks, john, for having me on. good to talk to you and gillian. i don't support the plan. i support getting the asylum ...
It’s the latest of conflicts over how the city can absorb the influx of migrants, a crisis that has seen nearly 10,000 new arrivals in Chicago since Aug 31, 2022.