Chicago Officials Slowly Evicting Migrants From City Shelters as Johnson Resists Pressure to Reverse Course – WTTW (Chicago)

Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city had no choice but to evict migrants without additional substantial help from federal officials. “The reality is that we have restraints,” Johnson said. “I’ve said from the very beginning that this mission is unsustainable. Local municipalities are not designed to deal with an international global crisis, particularly as it relates to migrants and asylum seekers.”