A suburban lawmaker near Chicago proposed allowing residents to host migrants in their homes, citing the affluent community’s ability to help.
Councilman Josh McBroom said, “In light of the fact, I’m not going to support using other people’s money to house or [for] aid. I do know that there’s a lot of people that do care, and I think we live in a compassionate community, so before we go down the road of, you know, following suit on some of these other cities are taking action on, my idea would be, let’s find out, let’s find out who’s willing to help.”
“You know, we do hear from constituents on both sides of this; what are we going to do to preemptively stop this? And then we hear from people that tell us we should do more, so we do have a very affluent community, a lot of big homes, and what I’d like to do is direct staff to create a sign-up sheet … for individuals that would be willing to house migrant families,” continued the lawmaker.
“And if there’s people that would do that, God bless them. So, if we could raise awareness in that way, I think we need to find out. I think we need to find out who would be willing to house migrant families. That would be my new business. I would be looking for support from the diocese. Any questions, discussion, happy to have that,” he concluded.
A spokesperson for the Naperville city manager’s office wrote, “Naperville’s City Council asked staff to prepare a future agenda item, so Council may consider whether to create a sign-up opportunity for residents to volunteer to host migrants. City Council has not made any final decisions or taken any final action on this issue. It has not yet been determined the date of the City Council meeting this will be discussed. Until Council provides more direction, no further details will be available.”
This idea was prompted by a growing migrant crisis, with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey also urging residents to sponsor migrant families.
However, concerns have been raised about the potential repercussions, as Elon Musk warned that the government might compel residents to house migrants if shelter space runs out.
Recent crimes committed by migrants in Chicago suburbs have sparked controversy.
The Biden administration faces criticism for its handling of the border crisis, with House Republicans seeking to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas due to the significant increase in border encounters.
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