Moving migrants from police stations is ‘top priority,’ Mayor Johnson says on tour of new welcome center at Clemente high school
Parent coordinator Martha Valerio speaks in a services and support area during a tour of a new welcome center for young migrants Monday at Roberto Clemente Community Academy.
The city’s celebratory rollout comes as nearly 900 asylum-seekers continue to huddle inside Chicago police station lobbies, despite concerns surrounding their living conditions, as well as an More than 11,000 migrants have come to Chicago since last August, when Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent the first busload of asylum-seekers to northern “sanctuary cities,” arguing they should happily fulfill their promise to welcome migrants instead of placing the obligation on southern border states. Since then, officials including Johnson, Illinois Gov. J.B.
As of Monday, 878 newly arrived migrants were staying inside police stations and 69 at O’Hare International Airport, according to the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communication. According to a Friday briefing to aldermen, more than 100 migrants in those settings were children. Monday’s tour included four classrooms set up with free school supplies, tablets displaying the CPS website and flashy backdrops with “Welcome” printed in various languages.
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