Daywatch: Johnson calls on state to build migrant shelters outside Chicago
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ongoing calls for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to build more migrant shelters took a new turn yesterday as he indicated additional sites should be located outside Chicago, even with state funding.
Speaking to reporters after presiding over the City Council meeting, the mayor did not directly answer questions about the fate of the next round of migrants whose 60-day deadline to vacate city-run shelters arrives Feb. 1, with harsh winter weather expected to remain.
Instead, he pivoted to place the onus on the state to construct more such sites — and pushed for them to be built elsewhere.
He also backed calls for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza ahead of a hotly contested vote on a City Council cease-fire resolution set for next week. Johnson, now apparently the mayor from the biggest American city to back a cease-fire, had previously not taken a public position on the resolution.
Read full coverage from the Tribune’s Alice Yin and Jake Sheridan.
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