Signs protesting the placement of a migrant camp in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on Dec. 1, 2023, are posted on a fence at the site near 38th Street and California Avenue. - Trent Sprague/Chicago Tribune/TNS
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration moved to officially scrap Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to build a migrant camp on a controversial Southwest Side lot, the state announced Tuesday morning while issuing a scathing rebuke of the city’s evaluation of the land’s potential environmental hazards. In a statement, Pritzker’s office said an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency review of the city’s environmental report — which was released late Friday evening — indicates “concerns related to insufficient soil sampling and remediation.” But because the time required for additional testing...
