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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Plan for 2nd migrant tent camp at donated Jewel, parking lot clears City Council committee

A Chicago City Council committee on Monday voted to accept a donation of 6.5 acres of land, including this vacant Jewel grocery store, at 115th and Halsted streets, to temporarily house migrants. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Over objections from local Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st), a City Council committee agreed Monday to accept the donation of a vacant grocery store and parking lot at 115th and Halsted streets and to transform it into a winterized base camp for asylum-seekers.

Normally, Council members defer to each others’ wishes on ward land-use issues.

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