CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - For a second day in a row seven buses carrying migrants arrived in Chicago from Texas, adding more pressure to a city stretched thin by the new arrivals with no end in sight.
Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked about the situation during a press conference at City Hall. He confirmed that Chicago will continue to be a welcoming, sanctuary city.
More than 15,000 new arrivals are scattered in shelters, police stations and the airports. Millions of dollars have been spent, and volunteers are stretched thin.
“During difficult times, there are individuals who feel the pressure, and sometimes our values are called into question. We’re the City of Chicago, and this mission that the entire country has endured has been one that of course that has pressed our convictions, but we don’t necessarily have to acquiesce to fear because we are being pressed,” Johnson said.
The goal is to get the migrants out of the police stations and the airports. Yet to be established tent camps are part of the plan.