All Week Long
Originally published on nbcchicago.com 06/11/2024 | Photo: NBC5 Video
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle gave a warm welcome to migrants staying at a new shelter at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church.
The church, located in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood, is a first of its kind intergovernmental and interfaith family shelter for migrants arriving in the city from the southern border.
"We're going to do everything in our power to bring people together," Johnson said. "The workforce, county, city, state, philanthropic community, the faith community. All of us are leaning in."
In an agreement with the City of Chicago, Cook County, the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Zakat Foundation, the new shelter comes at no cost to the city.
"We're hoping that we integrate these people into the community as soon as possible so that people can work and contribute to our society," said Halil Demir with the Zakat Foundation.
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