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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Lawsuit seeks to stop former South Shore High School from being turned into shelter for migrants: ‘We were forced to do this’

From left to right, Craig Harrington, attorney Frank Avila, residents Natasha Dunn and Darnell Jones stand outside the former South Shore High School. They have filed a suit to halt the city’s plan to house asylum-seekers at the school. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

South Shore residents filed a lawsuit hoping to stop a former high school from being turned into a temporary shelter for asylum-seekers, alleging among other things that the plan violates the city’s lease agreement with the building. 

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Cook County circuit court and names the city and Chicago Public Schools as defendants. It seeks a temporary emergency restraining order against the plan. 

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