Officials on Thursday night said Richard J. Daley College is an ideal location because it's move-in ready and a fraction of the cost of a hotel, but many in the Southwest Side crowd didn't want to hear it.
The city, starting as early as this weekend, is preparing to use the gymnasium until Aug. 1 and two auxiliary classrooms through the end of November to shelter more than 400 migrants.Wright College meeting to discuss housing for up to 400 migrants on Dunning campus gets heated
"This is about being human and providing humane spaces for them," said Alderman Jeylu Gutierrez, who represents the 14th Ward."How about this? Give them all these politicians' addresses, and put them in their backyards, in their basements, in their houses," one woman said."I served my country," one man said. "We need to give these immigrants a chance.""We do not take care of our own people," one woman said.
Some attending Thursday's meeting say any plan should include room and resources for local homeless people as well.
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