Woodlawn residents voiced frustration Thursday over a proposed shelter for migrants in Chicago in the shuttered James Wadsworth Elementary School.
Keith White thinks it's beautiful that Chicago officials are helping newly arrived asylum seekers, but he - like many others who crowded into the Apostolic Church of God on Thursday night - wanted to know what this will mean for Woodlawn residents.
The shelter will open the week of Jan. 23, and it will house about 250 adult men and women, though city officials at Thursday's meeting hinted that it could later house even more individuals during the estimated two-year period that the property, located at 6420 S. University Ave., will be used as a temporary shelter. Security contracted by the city will be present at the shelter, and those living there will have an 11 p.m. curfew.
Since late August, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent hundreds of asylum seekers to Democrat-led cities like Chicago. More than 5,146 had arrived on chartered buses from Texas, according to city officials. In addition, the city has provided services to at least 1,500 other recently arrived immigrants.
"I'm coming here today for your support," Knazze said to the crowd. "I know we didn't get the ask right the first time." "Y'all gonna learn to listen," Taylor said, seemingly speaking to city officials in attendance. "Because I told you back in October that we should have these conversations with the community."
When one speaker suggested he would want the city to help out his family if they needed help, another man in the crowd shouted, "They would do nothing for us."
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