Protesters walk down West 38th Street during a protest against a proposed migrant camp at 38th and California in Chicago's Brighton Park on Nov. 10, 2023. - Trent Sprague/Chicago Tribune/TNS
CHICAGO — Hundreds turned out Friday afternoon in Brighton Park to march in protest of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to erect winterized tents to house 2,000 migrants in an empty parking lot. Many residents of the neighborhood — which has historically been a haven for immigrants — are worried about the plan to house thousands of migrants. They think politicians are not listening to them. Ruth Diaz, a Mexican American who has lived in Brighton Park for 33 years, was one of about 300 people who turned out for the march. Diaz said the close to 21,000 migrants who have arrived since last August hav...
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