CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration recently moved forward with plans to place new asylum-seekers in massive tent camps around the city, signing a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm at the center of controversies related to its handling of asylum-seekers elsewhere in the U.S. GardaWorld Federal Services, and its subsidiary Aegis Defense Services, .
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration recently moved forward with plans to place new asylum-seekers in massive tent camps around the city, signing a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm at the center of controversies related to its handling of asylum-seekers elsewhere in the U.S. GardaWorld Federal Services, and its subsidiary Aegis Defense Services, quietly sealed the .