Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he continues to have concerns about Chicago’s plan to set up winter tent basecamps for an increasing number of asylum-seekers from South America.
Pritzker said the city could instead create shelters in existing, unused buildings. He said the federal government could offer buildings, but the state and federal governments haven’t yet identified any.
The state has a contract with GardaWorld through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, but it’s never been used at the state level, Pritzker said. However, the contract can be used by counties and cities, as Chicago has.accused of mistreating migrant children While Pritzker blamed much of the crisis on Southern Republican mayors and governors sending migrants to Chicago as a political stunt, he also addressed the Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, who has directed buses of migrants to Chicago.
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