The bold stroke of Chicago signing a whopping $29.4 million contract with GardaWorld Federal Services epitomizes the escalating migrant crisis in America’s core. The private firm rushes to set up winter-proof tent camps to shelter between 250-1,400 migrants. Chicago, bearing the brunt of recent 13,500 migrant surge which rings up a $250 million toll, attempts to tackle a problem dividing city officials with massive, controversy-sparking encampments. Backlash, aloofness about details, and urgent calls for federal intervention hint that the nation’s migrant problems are more than just Chicago’s frosty winter forecast.