Chicago Community in Need Braces for Possible Tent Base Camp for 1,400 Illegals
In the Roseland community on Chicago’s South Side, residents are concerned about plans to house as many as 1,400 illegals in a tent “base camp” in an empty grocery store parking lot.
Local Pastor Leonardo Gilbert brought residents together, in collaboration with Alderman Ronnie Mosley (21st), to air their concerns at a packed community meeting which, at times, became heated.
Residents expressed concerns about utilizing a site that has already had $15 million in state funds allocated to build a housing and retail development for Chicagoans.
Proposed development
Once again, illegals are being placed ahead of citizens.
“There’s a backlog of housing right now and people in this community needs housing,” said Abraham Lacy,
