South Side residents are pushing back against the city's plan to house several hundred migrants at the vacant South Shore High School located at 76th and Constance.
South Side residents are pushing back against the citys plan to house several hundred migrants at the vacant South Shore High School located at 76th and Constance.
If the city's plan goes through, the school would become a site where migrants could temporarily sleep, eat and shower.Residents are scheduled to gather Thursday afternoon at the school to protest the city's plans. "We're looking at the numbers coming out of City Hall and the state of Illinois, upwards of $150 million dollars roughly for six months. We believe that $150 million would have been in some way eligible to come to our communities to help our crime problems, help with our economic problems, help with our housing issues. And as we're all aware, Black people are the largest number of homeless in Chicago.
FOX 32 Chicago reached out to the city's legal team for their response in regard to this matter, but we've yet to hear back. In the meantime, many groups and organizations are collecting donations to help migrant families, including the Pilsen Food Pantry, Sinai Chicago and Lake View Lutheran Church.that I have read and agree
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