CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Frustration over a controversial migrant shelter had many Woodlawn residents sounding off during a public hearing Monday night.
Chicago police stepped in amid some tense moments during public comment at the hearing at Apostolic Church of God. Deputy Police Chief Stephen Chung was among the panelists addressing community concerns and said officers have been called to the migrant shelter at the former Wadsworth Elementary.
“It got a little heated, objects got thrown,” Chung said.
Residents said they've been harassed, robbed and disrespected by the asylum seekers since they started arriving five months ago. They complained some of the new arrivals have been partying, littering, engaging in prostitution and more. Patience is running thin.
“I would ask you all to go out there…in the middle of the night and see what goes on,” one resident said.
Alderwoman Jeannette Taylor said the troublemakers at the shuttered school have been kicked out of the shelter, and she is working to ensure the building is turned back over to the community in October of next year, when the City initially said it would be done housing migrants there.
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