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The condition of these sick and injured asylum seekers has left medical volunteers in Chicago shocked – both because they were put on buses sick and injured in the first place, and that relieving their suffering often falls to young medical students. “We are happy to do this work [because] there’s no one else to do it,” said Sara Izquierdo, a second-year medical student from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine and one of the founders of Chicago’s Mobile Migrant Health Team, who in effect act as first responders. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The tone of the article implies that Texas is forcing people to board busses to Illinois. As far as I know, these folks are choosing to come here, with (the state of?) Texas paying for the trip. They board believing that they’ll be better off here. I have no information to indicate whether that turns out to be true.
These students are the real heroes of the day. You are supposed to help people when they need it. Happy Thanksgiving to you students helping the immigrants.