Construction is underway for a massive camp to house illegal-immigrants in Chicago, Illinois and city officials appear to be trying to hide the matter from local residents and news stations. Repurposing a parking-lot for a now-defunct Jewel-Osco grocery store, city work crews have reportedly been active at the site as late as 1am, according to locals. When Chicago area news crews arrived to shed light on what exactly city construction crews were up to, however, officials blocked views of the site with a water truck and canvas attached to fencing.
This is insane.
Chicago is building a giant encampment for illegal migrants in the South Side.
When Fox32 went to check out the site, crews came to block off the cameras. pic.twitter.com/7qrWKiMois
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 22, 2023
Located at 115th Street and Halsted Street on the edge of Chicago’s historic South Side, the immigrant camp has rankled residents in the predominantly black neighborhood. While construction moves forward, the site is currently undergoing environmental testing before the city will install winterized tents to house a portion of the over 12,000 illegal immigrants who have flooded the Windy City.
Local resident Annette Cain called the use of the Jewel-Osco site for an encampment a “disgrace”, adding: “Why would you put our taxpayer dollars on migrants and not on the people who’ve been living in this community for decades and for their children and their grandchildren.”
Alderman Mosley made it clear that locals are opposed to the construction of immigrant encampment stating: “Our community did not want this… because the site was there and available and because the owners of the site sold the property to the city that was really what allowed this to come here.”