Mayor Brandon Johnson reverses course, will not join trip to southern US border – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

Instead of Johnson heading the group, Chicago deputy mayor of immigration Beatriz Ponce de León will lead a delegation to Texas cities of El Paso, San Antonio, McAllen and Brownsville, according to a statement from the mayor’s office. “The Mayor, along with senior aides and key operations personnel, will stay in Chicago to address the immediate urgency of adding shelter space to house thousands of new arrivals sleeping in police stations, airports or outside."