CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Hundreds of migrants have been moved from temporary shelters in City Colleges and a police station.
Migrants staying at the temporary shelters at Daley College on the Southwest Side and Wilbur Wright College on the Northwest Side have been moved to the American Islamic College on Irving Park Road near the Lakefront. That’s ahead of reopening to students.
Others who had been staying at the First District Police Station at 18th and State were moved to the Broadway Armory Park Fieldhouse in the Edgewater neighborhood.
A volunteer who works with the migrants suggested those moved out of the police station may have been moved for appearance purposes, ahead of Lollapalooza. They told the Sun-Times the same thing was done during NASCAR.
The mayor’s office says the move is consistent with plans to get migrants out of police stations and into shelters.
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