Mayor Johnson to visit Southern U.S. border, assess migrant situation

Mayor Brandon Johnson said a team from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrived in Chicago to assess the situation on the ground. He plans to head to the Southern border to get a closer look at the unfolding disaster there. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times (file))

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he plans to make his own trip to the Mexican border — as soon as he can arrange it with his wife and kids — to see for himself the unfolding disaster creating havoc and hardship in Chicago.

“We need to go assess the situation — just like our team has gone to D.C. We need better coordination, quite frankly,” Johnson said.