Numerous cities are grappling with the repercussions of an increase in undocumented immigrants due to the challenges stemming from the U.S.-Mexico border situation, which some attribute to the policies of President Joe Biden.
In Chicago, two residents from the Ukrainian Village neighborhood have taken legal action, filing a lawsuit against the city’s socialist Mayor Brandon Johnson and other municipal officials.
Their aim is to prevent the transformation of a privately owned building in their community into a shelter capable of housing up to 200 undocumented immigrants. James Cole and Danielle Roberts assert that the city bypassed zoning and building permit regulations in an alleged breach of the law as they seek to convert the building into a shelter.