A city council member in the Chicago suburb of Naperville proposed that local families who want to volunteer to house migrants should put their names on a sign-up sheet.

“I think we live in a compassionate community,” Naperville Council Member Josh McBroom said at a city council meeting on 16 January, before recommending that his staff “create a sign-up sheet for individuals that would be willing to house migrant families.”

Mr McBroom said, “We hear from people that we should do more,” adding, “We do have a very affluent community, a lot of big homes.”

Although the city council member said that he doesn’t support using taxpayer money to fund migrant aid, he sought volunteers to house migrants.

He said, “If there are people who can do that, God bless them.” The Independent has reached out the the Naperville City Council.

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