(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – Residents of Chicago's South Shore are demanding city leaders find another location to house incoming migrants instead of what they say is an overburdened and under-resourced region.
Natasha Dunn says she empathizes with the migrants, who are facing a humanitarian crisis, but that South Shore has also been facing a crisis for decades.
"It is a slap in the face that we, as citizens as the United States of America, do not have the resources and support, but you're going to bring people who are not citizens here in our buildings that we pay taxes for.”
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She and other residents, including Linda Cohran, say they're committed to stopping the asylum-seekers from temporarily sheltering at the old South Shore High School.
"And even if we can't, we are speaking out and letting them know you cannot come to our neighborhood and have your way with us,” Cohran said.
The comments came as the city was holding a public forum on the housing plan.
Chicago alderpersons have said the city is overwhelmed by waves of migrants that are being sent here from the Southern Border. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says his communities cannot handle what he calls the Biden Administration’s “open border” policy.
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