Chicago's Migrant Surge Is Stirring Trouble for Democrats in DNC Host City
Tensions over immigration have roiled local politics as funding to care for new arrivals strained public finances
A migrant family from Venezuela arrives at a police station in Chicago, Illinois in May 2023.
Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesIn Democrat-run Chicago, where the party is gathered to nominate Kamala Harris for president, a fight over migration has roiled local politics — pointing to a key vulnerability for her campaign.
Donald Trump is hammering Democrats over the unprecedented flow of migrants into the US in the past couple of years. Lately he’s tried to spotlight the impact on Black voters in particular, with a warning that newcomers are taking so-called “Black jobs” — a claim that’s largely fallen flat, and in some instances drawn derision.