Chicago’s burgeoning migrant crisis will have cost taxpayers more than a quarter of a billion dollars by Dec. 31, Mayor Brandon Johnson told City Council members Friday.
Vasquez said he has no idea where that $255.7 million is going to come from.
Ald. Ray Lopez later issued a statement saying he’s “cautiously optimistic” about Johnson’s proposal, but that it’s “simply unacceptable that Chicago is forced to shoulder the burden for asylum-seekers” because the federal government won’t “address this crisis decades in the making.” During Friday’s presentation, Council members were shown pictures of what the giant, metal-framed tents would look like, with mess halls, rows of cots, attached heating and air-conditioning units and trailer-like portable toilets parked right outside.
“They’re already looking at different sites to identify what’s possible. Similar to the shelter sites, when they see candidates or opportunities in wards, they’ll be communicating to alders on the ground to let them know that it looks like this is a site they’re gonna be moving forward on,” Vasquez said.
Sposato was not surprised when the mayor and his lieutenants refused to say how many tent cities they planned to build.
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