Chicago police vow to have more downtown presence during holiday season – Center Square

Taliaferro said the city's problems don’t end there, stressing that the steady influx of migrant arrivals over the years may also be taking its toll. “We had tens of thousands of people that have come here by way of immigration that came without any benefits, came without any resources,” he said. “And so, often times when you have that, folks will make a way and I don't care where they come from. They make a way to survive and if that means burglaries are increasing, or thefts are increasing, shoplifting is increasing, that may be a contributing factor.”