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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: Migrant 'Base Camps,' Future of Tipping, and Soccer at Soldier Field
Description: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is defending the decision to sign a one-year, nearly $30 million contract with controversial private security firm GardaWorld Federal Services for the construction and operation of Chicago’s migrant “base camps.” These are a network of tent encampments expected to house nearly 1,600 asylum seekers-currently living at police stations and airports. We sit down with South Side Weekly’s Alma Campos and Block Club Chicago’s Manny Ramos to break down some of the contract details and the firm’s past controversies. We are also discussing the push to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers, a sit down wit...