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.
The Migrant Crisis in Chicago
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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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This mom and son mark another milestone in their migrant journey: A first day of school
Carolina and Abraham join thousands of others arriving in Chicago over the last year from Latin America. On Monday, the boy made it to fourth grade.
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A day with Chicago migrants: Sleeping in tents, hoping for progress
We sent reporters into one community to understand what’s at stake — and found a fabric of everyday Chicagoans helping migrants build new lives.
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In a sanctuary city for migrants, the long, grueling wait for an apartment
The need for rental help in Chicago grows with an influx of asylum seekers. But finding landlords and money to help is hard.
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De Venezuela a Chicago, la historia de una migrante que vuelve a empezar
Carolina Sandoval estaba en uno de los primeros autobuses que llegaron de Texas a Chicago el otoño pasado. No ha sido fácil, pero las cosas son aún más difíciles para los migrantes que llegan hoy en …
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Checking in with Chicago service providers helping migrants
How are service providers keeping up with the influx of migrants coming 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.
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This mom and son mark another milestone in their migrant journey: A first day of school
Carolina and Abraham join thousands of others arriving in Chicago over the last year from Latin America. On Monday, the boy made it to fourth grade.
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CPS juggles funding, bilingual staff to welcome thousands of new migrant students
Thousands of new English-learning students joined CPS last year. Thousands more are expected this year. CPS is trying to find a way to reach them all.
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Forest Glen man gives out free clothes to migrants outside his home: ‘How could I not do something?’
Frank Schmeda realized that most of the migrants had very few belongings. He set up a table with a sign saying ‘gratis’— free in Spanish — and started leaving clothes and shoes daily.
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Hundreds of migrants moved from temporary shelters, South Loop police station ahead of Lollapalooza
Chicago’s migrant crisis continues as the city struggles to place people coming to the city for refuge.
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Want to help Chicago migrants? Here are some groups assisting.
Volunteers have been organizing to help asylum-seekers in Chicago and many seek donations from the public.
