Chicago Residents Push Back on Illegal Immigrant Housing
Pastor Corey Brooks in a 2011 photo during his protest against policies allowing for violence in south Chicago. Just a few miles from former President Barack Obama's luxurious house are neighborhoods bereft of hope where small children are hit by stray bullets walking home from school and the elderly are afraid to step outside, he noted in an AFP story at the time.Mira Oberman/AFP via Getty Images
The Democratic stronghold of Chicago is fighting back against a new influx of illegal immigrants being relocated into their neighborhoods.
Tensions boiled over last week when more than 200 residents filled an emergency community meeting to express their outrage over the city’s most recent plan to relocate up to 300 illegal immigrants to the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel.
Matthew Lysiak
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Matthew Lysiak is a nationally recognized journalist and author of “Newtown” (Simon and Schuster), “Breakthrough” (Harper Collins), and “The Drudge Revolution.” The story of his family is the subject of the series “Home Before Dark” which premiered April 3 on Apple TV Plus.
