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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

At Pilsen community meeting on migrants, residents call for relief from spiking property taxes

Esmeralda Zaragoza addresses a community meeting Monday at Benito Juarez Community Academy. Zaragoza used to own a store that was forced to close during the pandemic. She was unable to receive aid from the city and state. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

At a community meeting on Monday, some Pilsen residents welcomed the opening of a new temporary shelter for asylum-seekers in the neighborhood, but others wondered why the city wasn’t first helping homeowners in the area lower their property taxes. 

The warehouse, at 2241 S. Halsted, is expected to start receiving migrants as soon as Tuesday, according to Beatriz Ponce de Leon, the deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights.  

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