{"id":1930787,"date":"2023-05-14T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrants-failing-schools-and-rising-crime-new-chicago-mayor-has-long-to-do-list\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T15:43:52","slug":"immigrants-failing-schools-and-rising-crime-new-chicago-mayor-has-long-to-do-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrants-failing-schools-and-rising-crime-new-chicago-mayor-has-long-to-do-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s new mayor has a lot on her plate, including addressing immigration, improving schools, and reducing crime."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fimmigrants-failing-schools-and-rising-crime-new-chicago-mayor-has-long-to-do-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1930787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chicago&#8217;s New Mayor Faces a Daunting To-Do List<\/h2>\n<h3>From a Migrant Crisis to Rampant Crime, Brandon Johnson Has His Work Cut Out for Him<\/h3>\n<p>Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is set to take office on Monday, but he already has a long list of challenges to tackle. The city is currently under a state of emergency due to an influx of refugees seeking asylum, which has created a humanitarian and health crisis. On top of that, Chicago is struggling with a rampant crime problem that has driven several big businesses out of the area, as well as a volatile economy.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, a Democrat, defeated outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the general election and then Paul Vallas in a runoff challenge to become Chicago&#8217;s 57th mayor. But his victory doesn&#8217;t guarantee an easy road ahead. Voters are concerned about taxes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">affordable housing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-open-to-considering-reparations-depending-on-progress-congress-makes-on-study-white-house\/\" title=\"Biden Open To Considering Reparations Depending On Progress Congress Makes On Study: White House\">economic inequality<\/a>, and education, and many doubt that Johnson will be able to tackle these issues better than his predecessors.<\/p>\n<h3>Education and Crime Are Top Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>Chicago public schools have been facing a decline in enrollment coupled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrants-failing-schools-and-rising-crime-new-chicago-mayor-has-long-to-do-list\/\" title=\"Chicago's new mayor has a lot on her plate, including addressing immigration, improving schools, and reducing crime.\">sky-high truancy rates<\/a>. Chronic absenteeism rose nearly 45% in 2022, according to state data, which is well above the statewide rate of 30%. When it comes to the city&#8217;s low-income students, the rate is just shy of 50% missing at least 10% of their schooling. Johnson&#8217;s background as a teachers union organizer, former middle school teacher, and parent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-2-million-kids-left-public-schools-from-2020-to-2021\/\" title=\"Nearly 2 Million Kids Left Public Schools From 2020 to 2021\">children attending public school<\/a> may make him amenable to the problems plaguing the system.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to tackling crime, Johnson has promised to be &#8220;smart&#8221; as well as &#8220;tough.&#8221; Chicago has been struggling to control violence for years, with safety concerns accounting for at least three large companies relocating and taking thousands of jobs with them. Johnson has already made a few power moves, signaling a different approach to a job his predecessor struggled with during her first term.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Chapter in Chicago&#8217;s History<\/h3>\n<p>During his victory speech in April, Johnson said his win signaled &#8220;a new chapter in the history&#8221; of Chicago. He has already made some changes, including reshuffling the City Council&#8217;s committees and appointing new leaders. But with widespread doubt among voters and a long list of challenges to tackle, Johnson has his work cut out for him.<\/p>\n<h3>Johnson&#8217;s To-Do List:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tackle the migrant crisis<\/li>\n<li>Address rampant crime<\/li>\n<li>Improve education<\/li>\n<li>Address economic inequality<\/li>\n<li>Provide affordable housing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be an easy road, but Johnson is determined to make a difference in Chicago. As he said in his victory speech, &#8220;We have a lot of work to do, but I&#8217;m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson hasn&#8217;t even taken the oath of office, but when he does on Monday, he will be in charge of America&#8217;s third-largest city, which is currently under a state of emergency over an influx of refugees seeking asylum that have settled there, sleeping in police stations and creating a humanitarian and health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1930788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20485,15831,7204,3813,13419,3906,8417,4602,21118,14332,3735],"class_list":["post-1930787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-addressing","tag-chicagos","tag-crime","tag-immigration","tag-improving","tag-including","tag-lot","tag-mayor","tag-plate","tag-reducing","tag-schools"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1930788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}