Ald. Anthony Beale

9th Ward

Migrants stay in a makeshift shelter at O’Hare International Airport in this photo from Sept. 20.

Chicago needs a realistic ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance

The city should maintain its policy of non-cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Ald. Anthony Beale writes, but needs federal help to afford the rising cost of resettling asylum seekers.

By Ald. Anthony Beale