City-contracted security calls police on volunteers handing out food to migrants at YMCA in West Ridge
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Volunteers Michelle Drucker, left, and Laurie Hasbrook serve warm food bought and prepared by volunteers to Jean Apariáo, right, and other migrants living in a shelter at Western and Touhy avenues in Chicago on June 16, 2023.
Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s deputy chief of staff, told the Tribune on Friday there was an ongoing investigation into the incident, but couldn’t comment further. The confrontation comes as volunteers across the city have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants staying in the nearly dozen city-run shelters. Migrants have complained about overcrowding, moldy and cold food and harsh sleeping conditions. ]
The YMCA facility features a chain link fence on Western Avenue, guarded by a city-contracted worker. When the women drove up, they were asked to leave, Hasbrook said.
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