Montreal-based security services firm GardaWorld started construction last week on the temporary, tent-like structures in Brighton Park, under a $29 million contract with the city, according to NBC Chicago, which also said that the site was once used as a zinc smelter and was part of a railyard.
In 2021, GardaWorld worked with the federal government to create a controversial center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the border, according to The Denver Post.
