The city said there are currently 6,500 migrants staying at 16 shelters across the city, and dozens of migrants have been staying at Chicago police stations.
, after hundreds of neighbors packed a meeting earlier this week to raise concerns about the new shelter.
Dozens of migrants were dropped off in front of the hotel on Friday, most with just a backpack or a garbage bag worth of belongings. It was a day some neighbors knew would come – and some are still not comfortable with the idea. "We're trying to build the neighborhood up not tear it down," Brown said."We would like to know when people are moving into our neighborhood, because we work hard to live here."
The loudest argument came from those who see an inequity in the level of services being provided to these brand-new neighbors and the impoverished communities that existed here before they arrived.
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