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| South Side Chicago Residents Outraged as City Spends Millions Housing Border Crossers in Abandoned School |
| 2023-02-15 |
| [Breitbart] Residents of Chicago’s South Side, home to the city’s poorest neighborhoods, are outraged as Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot spends millions housing newly arrived border crossers in an abandoned school. Earlier this month, Lightfoot’s administration began housing border crossers in Wadsworth Elementary School — an abandoned school that sits in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood. The school was closed a decade ago after the community tried to save it. Some residents told the Wall Street Journal that city officials failed to take their community into account before deciding the house the border crossers in their neighborhood. In total, the city is spending nearly $7 million to shelter and offer services to the new arrivals. The Journal reports: “I’ve got nothing against them,” Luis Cardona, a retired tow-truck driver who helped organize Friday’s demonstration, said of the migrants. “We need to help the people here that need it, and then help the other people.” [Emphasis added] Since last August, an estimated 5,100 border crossers have been bused to Chicago mostly from Texas though some have arrived from Arizona and Colorado. The overwhelming majority, nearly 80 percent, have been housed by the city and received public services. Andre Smith, a local activist in Woodlawn who is running against Alderman Jeannette Taylor, told FOX32 News that the community knows close to nothing about the newly arrived border crossers despite their being sent to the area. “We don’t know anything about the people except they’ve fled danger in their countries,” Smith said. Meanwhile, Taylor has complained that the housing of border crossers in the community will have a negative impact on home values. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #13 I would have liked to have been there on the day that all the teachers and students collectively decided that they were wasting their time entirely with education and by consensus booked it out of the place. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-15 20:00 |
| #12 ^ they could stop tomorrow but their ballots will still be cast and counted. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-15 19:44 |
| #11 Keep voting democrat, Idiots |
| Posted by: newc 2023-02-15 17:43 |
| #10 Good and hard. |
| Posted by: Nero 2023-02-15 14:09 |
| #9 “We need to help the people here that need it, and then help the other people.” Somebody found out they are dispensable. Filthy homeless encampment is set up INSIDE Chicago's O'Hare Airport, with vagrants now living next to baggage belts in crime-ridden Windy City Better behaved than Sam Brinton. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-15 12:18 |
| #8 /\ Easy access to cargo hold loading and return to Mexico. Opportunity knocks. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-15 09:23 |
| #7 Filthy homeless encampment is set up INSIDE Chicago's O'Hare Airport, with vagrants now living next to baggage belts in crime-ridden Windy City At least they get a change of clothes. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-15 09:16 |
| #6 If you showed potential immigrants those Kensington YouTubes from Philly, they'd point out nobody in the videos is getting shot by a cartel. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-15 08:06 |
| #5 They do. Illegal crossings surge at northern border amid plunging temperatures |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-15 08:04 |
| #4 Now there's a thought. Start a South of the Border information campaign. Pay Media and key persons to rant and spread the truth of how bad things have gotten in the USA. That should consider socialist countries like Canada instead. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-15 07:14 |
| #3 Either way, I would never wish Chicago, NYC, Philly, LA, SF or Long Island on any immigrant (legal or Illegal) here seeking a better life. How long until they purchase a ticket (out of pocket) back to El Salvador? |
| Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-15 06:22 |
| #2 Now that the LSD's & Globalists / Elites are experiencing the illegal Song and Dance impact themselves, they sure changed their tunes quickly. Either way, I would never wish Chicago, NYC, Philly, LA, SF or Long Island on any immigrant (legal or Illegal) here seeking a better life. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-15 06:07 |
| #1 Mexican President Calls on U.S. Voters to Reject Border Security Candidates |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-14 13:29 |