Chicago officials plan to repurpose a former elementary school on the city’s South Side into a temporary shelter for newly arrived immigrants.
if city officials don’t hold more community forums about the shelter, said Ald. Jeanette Taylor, whose 20th Ward includes the property.The city confirmed Thursday that the building that once housed the James Wadsworth Elementary School, located at 6420 S. University Ave., will be converted into a temporary shelter for newly arrived immigrants seeking asylum. The school, located in Woodlawn, had been shuttered and at one point also housed a charter school.
The shelter could house about 250 individuals and it could open as soon as next week, though residents are pressing for city officials to hold off on opening the shelter to allow for more community input, she said. To Taylor, it feels like the city is "checking off the box" in selecting a location to house the immigrants rather than thoroughly vetting a location.
"They didn’t go about this the right way," she said. "Did they ask Lincoln Park? Did they ask Hyde Park?" Those seeking asylum have also been temporarily housed for months in other makeshift shelters along with hotel rooms in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
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