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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

South Shore residents angry about migrant shelter would make MAGA proud

A man hoists up a “BUILD THE WALL 2024” sign during a community meeting at South Shore International College Prep High School over housing asylum seekers at school. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago has been designated as a “welcoming city” for desperate people from all corners of the world trying to escape persecution and threats to build a better life in America.

No Chicagoan, no matter what part of town they live in, can forget that, even as the city struggles to find shelter for the influx of migrants being sent here by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has no qualms about using human beings as political pawns.  

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