‘Fervent opposition’: Blue city mayor scraps plan to open new migrant shelter after backlash [Video]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is backing off from a plan to open a new migrant shelter in the city’s South Side, after the alderwoman who represents the area “fully and unequivocally” opposed it.

Ald. Nicole Lee, a Democrat, had told constituents last week that she had been notified that the administration was considering plans to build a new temporary shelter in her ward to replace a shelter downtown “before the Democratic National Convention” in August.

“Yesterday, Ald. Lee met with Mayor Johnson about these plans and outlined in no uncertain terms that she is fully and unequivocally opposed to standing up this shelter at this location,” she said in the email.

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She cited concerns about safety, a problematic location surrounded by train lines and a manufacturing district, and a lack of justification for the proposed relocation.

“We …