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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Migrant crisis ‘one of the most challenging’ problems facing Chicago’s new mayor, chief of staff says

Migrants’ belongings are seen through the window of the 8th District police station in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood earlier this month. The 8th District is among the city police stations where asylum seekers have been temporarily sleeping while they wait for more suitable shelter. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

The humanitarian crisis caused by asylum-seekers descending on Chicago is “one of the most challenging” problems Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson will face, with no good options to house migrants and pay for their emergency care, according to his chief of staff.

Rich Guidice spent nearly 20 years running the Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Emergency response is his forte.

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