Chicago to begin shutting down separate migrant shelter system - NBC News
Oct 22, 2024 · The city of Chicago will overhaul its migrant response strategy, including by closing its “landing zone” and migrant-only shelters, as it responds to a decline in the number of people arriving...
Chicago will end its migrant mission on Dec. 31, mayor says – NBC Chicago
Oct 21, 2024 · After two years and half a billion dollars spent, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday that the city's migrant mission would effectively end Dec. 31.
Chicago Will No Longer Guarantee Migrants a Bed in City …
Oct 21, 2024 · Migrants who make their way to Chicago will no longer be guaranteed a bed in a city shelter, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday, as city, state and county officials launch a unified system to assist all unhoused Chicagoans.
Chicago's response to migrant influx stirs ... - Associated Press News
Apr 19, 2024 · Chicago has spent more than $300 million to provide aid to thousands of new migrants. The speed with which these funds were marshaled has prompted Black Chicagoans to ask the city to do more for their communities that have faced decades of neglect.
Chicago Announces Plans to Close 3 Migrant Shelters as Fears of …
Sep 10, 2024 · Officials announced Tuesday they will move 1,200 migrants out of three shelters across Chicago as the crisis that has sent nearly 48,000 men, women and children to the city from the southern border enters a new phase.
Chicago moves thousands of migrants from shelters into homes
Mar 1, 2024 · State, county and city officials project $321 million is needed to keep the migrant operation afloat through the end of 2024. The five shelters that have closed down since Feb. 9 will save...
Why are migrants coming to Illinois and Chicago? – NBC Chicago
Oct 5, 2023 · Tensions over Chicago's migrant crisis continue to rise as 22 more buses of asylum-seeking migrants arrived in the city on Wednesday. The housing of migrants has sparked controversy in a...
‘Panic And Rumors’ Swirl In Chicago’s Migrant Shelters As …
Jan 22, 2024 · As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom. Hundreds of newly arrived migrants seek warmth in CTA warming buses at the “landing zone” in the Near West Side as they await placement in a shelter on Jan. 8, 2024.
Migrants face housing crisis: How Chicago's eviction process …
Feb 11, 2024 · Migrants in Chicago are on edge as evictions from temporary shelters loom. More than 13,000 people are under pressure to find homes and work before they are mass-evicted from city-operated...
More Than Half of Migrants Forced to Leave City Shelters ... - WTTW News
Jun 6, 2024 · Approximately 55% of the more than 900 migrants evicted from city shelters had nowhere else to go, and continue to live in city facilities, Chicago officials told WTTW News.