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Turned away from a shelter, the mother and grandmother happened to find a benefactor in a former spice merchant. They’re just one of the hundreds of families who have begun to call Chicago home.
Un juez dijo el miércoles que el sospechoso, Jorge Goyo, tendría que pagar $1,000 de fianza y seguir el monitoreo electrónico después de lesionar gravemente a un hombre de 48 años de edad, dijeron los fiscales.
Dozens of kids from an independent immigrant shelter and others in transitional housing trained with coaches from the German professional soccer team as a way of fostering community.
A judge Wednesday said the suspect, Jorge Goyo, would need to pay $1,000 bond and go on electronic monitoring after he was charged with aggravated battery for seriously injuring 48-year-old man, prosecutors said.
Chicago’s migrant crisis continues as the city struggles to place people coming to the city for refuge.
The city plans to turn the facility into a shelter Aug. 1 and move community programming to other sites. A coalition of neighbors says the center should stay open and instead be used as a welcome center for new arrivals.
Inspector General Deborah Witzburg said Thursday that whenever there is a state of emergency and a haste to deliver financial aid, there is an inevitable shortage of oversight that invites abuse.
During a three-hour hearing on the migrant crisis, Ald. Jeanette Taylor accused top mayoral aides of portraying a ridiculously rosy picture that doesn’t match the ugly conditions on the ground.
In Illinois, 8% of the population doesn’t speak English very well, and that’s a barrier for immigrants participating in civic life. Dozens of organizations such as the Selfreliance Association have partnered with the city and state to help limited English speakers access health care, food stamps and other services.
A new pilot program from Chicago Public Schools will provide additional support to newly arrived immigrant families while enrolling their children in classes.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability cannot be trusted, the activists said, urging migrants to seek help from local community groups.
Officials wouldn’t say whether any officers had been stripped of police powers or if accusations involving the teenager had been turned over to prosecutors.
As of Saturday, people ages 42 to 64 no longer are eligible to join a Medicaid-like program for noncitizens. Those already enrolled will now have co-pays.
To ensure better educational outcomes for the new arrivals, the Johnson administration plans to open an “enrollment center” at Roberto Clemente Community Academy High School in time for the first day of school on Aug. 21.
Alrededor de 10 niños habían caminado a una escuela de Woodlawn sólo para ser rechazados por los administradores, dijo un voluntario. Pero CPS disputa las alegaciones, diciendo que una de las familias tenía un formulario vencido que retrasó el proceso.
GOP governors want to use the crisis to embarrass Democratic mayors, said Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s deputy chief of staff.
About 10 children had walked to a Woodlawn school only to be turned away by administrators, a volunteer said. But CPS disputes the allegations, saying one of the families had an outdated form that stalled the process.
Without more intervention at the local, state and national levels, we will remain in a fight we cannot win to care for the busloads of asylum seekers who continue to arrive in Chicago. We are in a state of emergency.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin could add hundreds of thousands of foreign workers to the country’s tech labor market, boxing out American workers hit by recent tech layoffs.
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.
An autopsy was inconclusive for the child, Jismary González, who would have turned 4 next week. She died Aug. 10 on a chartered bus in southern Illinois.
Las familias León y Castro habían estado durmiendo en dos carpas donadas en Loyola Park desde que se les pidió que abandonaran un Super 8 Motel.
Eight members of the Leon and Castro families had lived outdoors after being locked out of a shelter Saturday. The city has moved them to the Inn of Chicago in Streeterville.
Decenas de niños migrantes fueron trasladados en autobuses desde refugios cercanos para el evento en Rogers Park, donde obtuvieron útiles escolares y se reunieron con maestros y otras familias de la escuela.
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