Tempers flare in heated City Council meeting about migrant housing in Chicago

AFTERNOON, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M ROSEANNE TELLEZ ALDERMEN ARE SET TO VOTE ON A PLAN TO DEVOTE $51 MILLION TO MIGRANT HOUSING. IT'S ELICITING A PASSIONATE RESPONSE. JOANIE LUM IS LIVE WITH SOME PRETTY TENSE MOMENTS. DURING THE DEBATE. NOT TOO SURPRISING, JOANIE, GIVEN WHAT WE'VE HEARD. YES AND IT'S STILL GOING ON THIS ORDINANCE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS HAS CAUSED EMOTIONS TO RUN HIGH. UM THAT MOST VOCAL RESPONSES IN A LONG TIME IN CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT, POLICE HAD TO MOVE IN AT ONE POINT TO CALM THE MEETING. PEOPLE ARE TELLING THE MEETING SHOUTED AND THEY HECKLED THE SPEAKERS DURING THE PUBLIC SPEAKING PORTION OF THE MEETING WHETHER ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING MIGRANT NEEDS OR FOR INVESTMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. ONE MAN TYRONE MOHAMMED, AND EX OFFENDER WHO IS AGAINST THE MEASURE, POLICE REMOVED HIM FROM THE MEETING LONGTIME CHICAGO AND SAY IT IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH LEADERS SUDDENLY COME UP WITH $51 MILLION FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS. WHEN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN UNDERSERVED. SHOULD NOT BE HOUSED IN IMPOVERISHED AND MARGINALIZED BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. WHERE WE HAVE FOOD SHORTAGES AND HOMELESSNESS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THESE REFUGEES WHO COME HERE. BUT WHAT THEY NEED OUR HOMES AND JOBS, THE SAME THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE NEED AS WELL. HOW DARE THIS MAYOR. AND CITY COUNCIL. HAVE THE GUTS. TO GIVE MIGRANTS $51 MILLION. I DEMAND YOU TO HAVE THE SAME PASSION. IN URGENCY. TO PASS THE CITY OF CHICAGO. REPARATIONS OR PEOPLE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH CARE AND COMPASSION SO THEY CAN LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. HOWEVER WHEN RECENTLY ARRIVED, FAMILIES ARE SLEEPING ON THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS WITH NOWHERE TO GO. WE KNOW THAT CHICAGO IS NOT LIVING UP TO ITS VALUES. AND NOW THE OLDER PERSONS ARE VOICING THEIR OPINIONS BEFORE THEY VOTE. IT STARTED WITH 17 BOARD ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE, WHO SAID IT BREAKS HIS HEART TO SEE THIS ISSUE TURNED INTO A RACIAL ISSUE, THOUGH HE IS URGING HIS COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO ON IT AND ALDERWOMAN MARIA HADN OF THE 40/9. WARD SAID. BEING ANGRY IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO . SHE IS URGING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE. YES RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN A VOTE JUST YET. REPORTING

Channel: FOX 32 Chicago

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Length: 2min 40sec (160 seconds)

Published: Wed May 31 2023