CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration fired three city staffers after they complained about how they were treated by high-ranking officials, records show. The episode unfolded early in the administration, and its fallout continued into the autumn. It offers a window into the bumpy transition in the mayor’s office from Lori Lightfoot to Johnson. Two days after Johnson was inaugurated .
Chicago politicians are calling for the federal government to increase funding for migrant care after earlier this week a 5-year-old boy staying at a Lower West Side shelter died and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent migrants to the city for the first time on a chartered plane. At a news conference Thursday outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building downtown, Ald. Byron .
The pleas come after a 5-year-old boy staying at a shelter died and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent migrants to the city for the first time on a chartered plane.
Migrants were flown to Chicago from Texas on a chartered flight Tuesday night in the state’s latest effort to ship people to the sanctuary city after buses carrying migrants have been penalized. The city did not receive notice prior to their arrival and has had no communication with Texas officials, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s spokesperson Ronnie Reese. Reese said he wasn’t sure how .