Chicago migrant encampment cleared; city officials deny it’s because of DNC
BY NELL SALZMAN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY
UPDATED AUGUST 03, 2024 5:08 PM
A fence surrounds a field next to the Near West District (12th) police station in Chicago on Aug. 2, 2024. According to migrants, several personal belongings were thrown away by officials when they were removed from the space in late June. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS) ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ TNS CHICAGO - Jordan Parra said he didn't walk across seven countries to be kicked out of his tent in a park in Chicago. The 27-year-old from Caracas, Venezuela, had been staying on Chicago Housing Authority land adjacent to the Near West District (12th) police station with his partner for months. They opted to sleep outside after feeling unsafe in three different city-run shelters, he said. Then in late June, he said, police officers came into the park with a bulldozer and cleared everyone out. TOP VIDEOS The video player is currently playing an ad. Skip Ad "What we've found here is worse than in Venezuela, because we came here with hope for a better life and had to deal with the disappointment of not even getting close," he said. Parra showed the Tribune a video he took on his phone of a hostile interaction with Chicago police officers as he and a half-dozen others were forcibly removed from the site. "They didn't let us take out our bags. There were suitcases inside, there were personal things, and the police didn't let us take them," Parra said.
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