Catholic Charities of San Antonio does Chicago no favors by failing to give a heads-up when migrants are on the way

Asylum-seeker Alberto Davila with his daughter Maria Davila, 1, and her mom Andrea Peña, watch inside a waiting area for shuttles near O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 2, where they are taking shelter, on Oct. 3. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

In early September, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration reached out to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc. to tell the nonprofit that Chicago’s resources were strained. 

The message was clear: Chicago couldn’t properly shelter more migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. The Sun-Times’ Michael Loria reported the call last month —and also that the nonprofit kept sending migrants even though Chicago was at capacity.