Brandon Johnson administration changes tune on supporting migrants in Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson is changing his approach to handling the thousands of immigrants flooding into Chicago, telling city council members on Friday that the city will no longer set up shelter spaces for asylum-seekers.

Johnson told aldermen in small groups that creating new shelters costs far too much money. The city-run shelter system has been at capacity for months, as more than 34,000 immigrants have arrived in the Windy City since August 2022.