Hispanic residents of Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood gathered Tuesday to protest the opening of a new shelter for illegal immigrants.
Hispanic residents of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood gathered at a town hall meeting Tuesday to protest the opening of a new shelter for illegal immigrants.
While some of the 150 residents in attendance support migrant shelters as a general idea, many feel that it is unfair for thousands of illegals who have recently flooded over the border during President Joe Biden’s border crisis to be the beneficiaries of untold millions in government support when illegals who have been here for decades have been forced to make it on their own with no such aid.
Chicago resident Esmerelda Cargoca expressed a sentiment typical of many of the attendees at the meeting. Cargoca added that all the government freebies — food, shelter, clothing, health care — discourage the new arrivals from looking for work.“People are afraid to say what they really feel because we are paying for all of this, and many refuse to go out and just find a job,” he said in Spanish during the meeting.
Town hall meetings like this have sprung up all across Chicago neighborhoods where Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson has opened new shelters. The meetings are universally contentious, with fierce opposition to the shelters.
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