Chicago Struggles to Accommodate Surge in Migrants Amid Residents' Concerns

As the city grapples with providing basic necessities for thousands of migrants, local residents voice frustration over resource allocation.

Chicago is struggling to provide shelter and basic necessities for an estimated 34,000 migrants who have arrived in the city in the past 16 months.
Eight 'warming buses' have been added to the city's West Loop to provide temporary shelter, but migrants are reportedly resorting to scouring trash for food.
Efforts to provide mobile shower facilities for the migrants have been hindered by logistical issues and lack of advance communication with the city.
Chicago residents have voiced frustration and concern over the city's allocation of resources, arguing that local impoverished and homeless citizens are being neglected.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with other city mayors, has called on the Biden administration for more federal resources to cope with the rising migrant populations.