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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Brighton Park migrant tents begin rising

Tent frames rose Wednesday along California Avenue in Brighton Park. Additional frames were laid out along 38th Street. The site is expected to immediately house migrant families — a total of 500 people at first. (Brian Ernst/Sun-Times)

Months after Mayor Brandon Johnson first proposed “winterized base camps” for migrants camped out at police stations — now experiencing Chicago’s cold — the first tent frames went up Wednesday.

GardaWorld, the controversial contractor picked to build the tents, began bringing equipment to the site in the Brighton Park neighborhood this week and erected Wednesday a pitched-tent frame along California Avenue. Additional frames were laid out along 38th Street.

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