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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Johnson, suburban mayors to talk state of Chicago migrant crisis

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new “Peoples’ Plan for Community Safety” focuses on four neighborhoods long plagued by violent crime: Englewood, Little Village, Austin and West Garfield Park. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

As bus operators carrying migrants from the Texas border continue dropping off new arrivals in suburbs far from Chicago’s designated “landing zone,” Mayor Brandon Johnson and other metropolitan area leaders will convene Tuesday to come up with a response.

The goal of the upcoming Metropolitan Mayors Caucus meeting is to develop a “plan for coordination and advocacy for additional support,” Johnson said in a news release. “This collaboration is essential for maintaining a humane regional response.”

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