Apr 19, 2024 · 308K views · 📍 Chicago, IL
Nick Shirley investigates the Chicago migrant crisis, visiting shelters, homeless encampments, and Home Depot day-labor sites while interviewing residents, homeless people, migrants, and activists. He alleges corruption in the shelter system, examines benefits migrants receive, and documents a measles outbreak at one shelter.
Programs involved: Chicago Link Card program
Figures below are claims made in the video, shown with the status stated there — this site does not verify them. Disclaimer
estimated annual revenue from the two shelters
“2.5 million a month and 30 million a year”
Stated by Nick Shirley
combined purchase price of both shelter properties
“that's not bad for buying both properties for $22.5 million”
Stated by Nick Shirley
sale price of the Chicago Inn building to the same man Bill in 2021
“the Chicago Inn was sold to that same man named Bill in 2021 for $13.5 million”
Stated by Nick Shirley
sale price of The Standard Club building to a man named Bill
“they sold the building for $9 million to a man named Bill”
Stated by Nick Shirley
estimated daily revenue Bill makes from the shelters
“this man named Bill is making upwards of $90,000 a day”
Stated by Nick Shirley
amount migrants allegedly getting in homes annually (likely misspoken/garbled)
“migrants are getting $115,000 a year in homes”
Stated by Nick Shirley · verifier note: Transcript states '$115,000 a year in homes' but amount_usd was set to 15000. The literal spoken figure is $115,000; the extraction guessed at a garble. Either use 115000 as spoken or flag as ambiguous, but the amount_usd does not match the quote.
amount migrants allegedly given, per a resident
“they come here giving them 15,000 they name a GM link”
Stated by Chicago resident
amount migrants allegedly receive through Chicago's Link Card program
“migrants are receiving up to $10,000 through Chicago's Link Card program”
Stated by Nick Shirley
amount a family of four can allegedly receive to find a new place to stay
“if you're a family of four you can receive up to six grand”
Stated by migrant interviewee
amount a migrant's US-born baby allegedly generates monthly
“that baby at least makes her about $500 a month”
Stated by Nick Shirley
cost to stay at the Courtyard Marriott with parking, cited for contrast
“to stay here at the Marriott with parking it cost $260 a night”
Stated by Nick Shirley
assumed rental rate per shelter room used to estimate profit
“if each hotel is rented out at a rate of $200 per room”
Stated by Nick Shirley
pay rate offered to migrant day laborers at Home Depot
“they offer these people like $60 for like 10 hours of work”
Stated by day laborer interviewee
All figures are as stated in the video — most are allegations, not adjudicated findings. Every dollar figure links to the timestamp where it is said. Extraction QA: Extraction is accurate; all monetary figures are traceable to the transcript with correct attribution. Only claim 10 has a mismatch between the spoken figure ($115,000) and the assigned amount_usd (15000), which the extractor flagged but resolved inconsistently. Entities are all clearly supported by the transcript.