Footage shows overflowing Chicago police precincts turned into migrant shelters
Luke Gentile
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Footage is going viral showing police precincts across Chicago overflowing with illegal immigrants, with many having been transformed into makeshift shelters.
Personal items, luggage, and plastic bags litter the precincts as illegal immigrants carve out areas with bedding in the precincts, according to a report citing videographer Rebecca Brannon.
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Brannon filmed the scenes on Sunday, and immigrants can be seen listening to music while children scurry around playing.
“Numerous Chicago police stations are serving as makeshift shelters for migrants and are dealing with bed bugs, illnesses, food and basic healthcare shortages,” she tweeted.
“Some migrants I spoke with have been here from days to weeks and don’t know where they will go.”
At least eight different precincts under the same conditions were visited by Brannon, the report noted.
“Trash and belongings of migrants are piling up in and outside the several police stations I visited across Chicago,” according to Brannon.
“Some precincts have migrants bring their items outside to help control or prevent bed bugs. I’m told just about every station is like this across the city.”
Overworked police officers in the Democrat-controlled sanctuary city allege they are getting little to no assistance from the city of Chicago, the report noted.
“They are receiving no assistance from the city or government, leaving them to personally support those in need such as purchasing food or baby wipes,” a police source cited by Brannon said.
Along with precincts, airports and other public spaces are being crowded with illegal immigrants with nowhere left to go, according to the report.
“Our system is over capacity,” Brandie Knazze, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, said last month.
“Make no mistake, we are in a surge and things have yet to peak.”
Several officers are now paying for them out of their own pockets.
“I’ve spent well over $300,” one South Side officer said, according to the report. “When someone has a need in front of us, you can’t turn a blind eye. Look what’s here, it’s children.”
“We are flying by the seat of our pants, and it’s been months and months now. I don’t think our city was prepared at all.”
The strain posed by immigrants is making it difficult for officers to perform their duties, the report noted.
“Some [officers] are helping and bending over backwards and for others, it’s impossible to do their jobs,” Alderman Nick Sposato said.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blamed the crisis on those out to “score some political point,” he said. “It’s wicked. It’s unconscionable.”
“Police stations … that’s not the goal.”