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Chicago Sun-Times
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YOU WONT BELIEVE: City s migrant shelter program needs overhaul after 5 year old s death | Mind Blowing Facts

A 5-year-old migrant child living in this reportedly crowded migrant shelter in Pilsen took ill and died Sunday. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

It’s clearer with each passing week that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is woefully ill-equipped to properly deal with the city’s migrant issue.

If Johnson and his crew aren’t trying to hastily house the asylum-seekers in a tent city built on toxic land in Brighton Park — a bid Gov. J.B. Pritzker rightfully ended earlier this month — then they’re slow on the draw in working with religious organizations with real estate (and willingness) enough to help properly house the new arrivals.

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