Multiple allies broke with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday over his plans to temporarily house thousands of migrants in tent encampments across the city.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor, 20th, talks with Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th, before a meeting on the city’s migrant response over the last several months at City Hall, Sept. 29, 2023.
“I am saddened by the possibility that we are on the precipice of this administration moving forward with building military grade tent base camps in our great city. I have been and will remain on record as being in disagreement with that decision,” Vasquez said. “The elected representative in me, on the other hand, recognizes that in order for us to be successful, we as a municipal government have to come together to move our city forward.
Johnson’s administration has pushed back against detractors of the city’s $29.4 million contract with GardaWorld to establish tent camps for migrants. The firm has come under fire from several aldermen and left-leaning organizations because of questions about its migrant-related projects and proposals in Denver, Texas and Canada, as well as the firm’s recent contract to relocate asylum-seekers from Florida under the direction of Republican Gov.
“I’m hoping you guys can see this in the placement of shelters,” Taliaferro said. “Yes, we have to have compassion, but we have to make smart moves as well. … You’re not fixing the situation, and in fact I believe you’re making it even worse.” He faced Pacione-Zayas and asked if, other than the proposed CVS shelter in Little Village that has yet to open, the state has offered to help open any migrant shelters in Chicago since Johnson took office. She said, “No.”
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