Chicago Puts Plans For Morgan Park Migrant Tent Camp On Back Burner

By Todd Feurer and Sabrina Franza, CBS Chicago

December 12, 2023

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Nearly one week after Gov. JB Pritzker halted Chicago's plans to build a tent camp for migrants in Brighton Park, the city is putting its backup plan for a tent camp in Morgan Park on the back burner for now.

Last Tuesday, Pritzker announced the state would no longer be moving forward with plans to help the city build a winterized tent camp at 38th and California, saying there were too many environmental concerns at the proposed site to proceed.

Construction on tents at that site had already begun before the governor scrapped that plan. One day later, sources said the city would begin moving those tents to a second possible location for a migrant tent camp in Morgan Park, a former Jewel store and parking lot at 115th and Halsted streets.

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