How some Chicago migrants struggling to leave shelters are getting help
A trust fund is helping landlords provide rental assistance to the influx of migrants who have been bussed to Chicago.
The Migrant Crisis in Chicago
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Chicago alderpersons lash out at mayor and governor over response to the influx of migrants
The City Council debated everything from a major contract to house migrants in tents to the state’s communication with the city.
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Chicago’s migrant crisis tied to U.S. foreign policy
Juan González is a senior fellow at the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. He says U.S. foreign policy is key to understanding why migrants flee to the city.
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Johnson administration defends contract with private defense firm to prop up migrant ‘base camps’
The administration says it’s looking into whether it can staff the tent camps with local organizations once they are built.
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Newest migrant arrivals, others excluded from speed up of work authorization
The Biden administration announcement last week included only Venezuelans arriving before August. Thousands of Venezuelans have arrived since then, and many who arrived before and since are from …
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A year since the first buses of migrants arrived in Chicago, the journey to asylum for Vannessa Olivera, others is just beginning
More than 13,000 immigrants have arrived since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started sending them away on buses — so far 197 of them coming to the Chicago area.
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At Pilsen community meeting on migrants, residents call for relief from spiking property taxes
Some are happy to offer a ladder to new arrivals. Others decry the lack of services for locals. About 400 migrants could move into an area shelter as soon as Tuesday.
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Chicago alderpersons lash out at mayor and governor over response to the influx of migrants
The City Council debated everything from a major contract to house migrants in tents to the state’s communication with the city.
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How some Chicago migrants struggling to leave shelters are getting help
A trust fund is helping landlords provide rental assistance to the influx of migrants who have been bussed to Chicago.
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Newest migrant arrivals, others excluded from speed up of work authorization
The Biden administration announcement last week included only Venezuelans arriving before August. Thousands of Venezuelans have arrived since then, and many who arrived before and since are from …
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Chicago’s migrant crisis tied to U.S. foreign policy
Juan González is a senior fellow at the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. He says U.S. foreign policy is key to understanding why migrants flee to the city.
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Johnson administration defends contract with private defense firm to prop up migrant ‘base camps’
The administration says it’s looking into whether it can staff the tent camps with local organizations once they are built.
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U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans
Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. as of July 31 can sign up for Temporary Protected Status. Homeland Security officials estimate that roughly 472,000 more people will now be eligible for work permits.
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City signs $29.3 million contract to build ‘winterized base camps’ for migrants
The contract doesn’t mention specific sites for the giant camps, and none have been chosen, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s press secretary Ronnie Reese.
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How other cities are responding to migrant crisis
Chicago isn’t the first city to propose a mega-tent migrant shelter. New York opened one Wednesday.
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A year since the first buses of migrants arrived in Chicago, the journey to asylum for Vannessa Olivera, others is just beginning
More than 13,000 immigrants have arrived since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started sending them away on buses — so far 197 of them coming to the Chicago area.
