“You could compare what is happening on the Mexican border right now — breaking up families is unconscionable, as unconscionable as closing schools and pulling social services from the places and individuals who need them the most. And how did that turn out? People are leaving the city because of gun violence, which is restricting our tax base, which means we all have to pay more,” McCarthy said. “Because we don’t have that tax base, we’re pulling social services and closing schools on the South and West Side, which is causing more gun violence. We’ve got this exactly wrong.”