Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stopped by the 12th district police station Tuesday afternoon to meet with migrant families just one day after being inaugurated as efforts continue to find housing in the city.
“They’re looking forward to being part of America and sending their kids to school and finding jobs,” she said. “I think for many of them they had a very long journey to get here.”Ward Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez said the list incudes Arturo Velasquez Institute and the former Komensky School.Ward Ald. Nicholas Sposato said Wright College in his ward is also being considered to house migrants. He’s been working to get information from the city about the proposed plan.
“I’m not going to support anything that my community doesn’t support,” he said. “If my community supports it, I have no problem with it. If they’re against it— I’m against it.”“They need every single thing that they desire from toiletries to clothing to laundry detergent,” she said. “I mean there’s nothing, they came with nothing.”“This is what God tells us to do to help our neighbors,” she said. “Do to on others that we want do unto us. This is the first golden rule and I’m happy to do it.
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