Brandon Johnson Touts Renewed Effort by Churches to House Migrants, As Brighton Park Base Camp Construction Begins | Chicago News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 29, 2023
Mayor Brandon Johnson looks on as Grace and Peace Church Pastor John Zayas speaks about efforts to help shelter the 1,250 migrants sleeping at Chicago police stations and at O’Hare International Airport on Nov. 28, 2023. (Heather Cherone / WTTW News)
Mayor Brandon Johnson celebrated on Tuesday a renewed effort by 17 Chicago churches to shelter some of the more than 1,200 migrants being forced to sleep on the floor of police stations or at O’Hare International Airport, with city shelters bursting at the seams.
Johnson touted what he called the “Unity . . .
