As Chicago prepares for another influx of migrants over the holidays, Portage Park residents reacted Monday night to plans for a temporary migrant shelter opening next month in a local church building.

       The temporary shelter will open in the former St. Bartholomew Catholic School building at 4910 W. Addison St. The school closed earlier this year.

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       An agreement to open the shelter at St. Bartholomew has not been finalized. Still, the space will open by mid-January, said Beatriz Ponce de León, the city’s deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights. It will stay open for at least six months.