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The Ogden and Town Hall police districts had been emptied due to allegations of sexual misconduct. The city said a rising number of immigrants arriving has forced them to reuse the stations.
John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he’s fed up with having Chicago police officers “babysit” migrants at district stations.
The state, we think, should be more aggressive in coordinating efforts to find suburbs, or even downstate communities, willing to take in asylum seekers.
Carolina y Abraham se unen a los miles de personas que han llegado a Chicago en el último año procedentes de América Latina. El lunes, el niño pasó a cuarto grado.
Todo Para Todos, an independent shelter in Pilsen, is set to close on Sept. 3, due to staffing and insurance-related reasons. They’re aiming to house 80 remaining residents by then.
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 But CPS disputes the allegations, saying one of the families had an outdated form that stalled the process.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.
Alejandra Leon said city officials haven’t reached out about relocating her and her children. Two families have lived outdoors since Saturday afternoon.
One woman who had been asked to leave said the families had nowhere else to go, but the local alderperson said they had been offered an alternative place to stay for the night.
Dozens of migrant children were bused from nearby shelters for the event in Rogers Park, where they picked up school supplies and met faculty and other school families.
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.
Settling immigrants is: A.) an enormous strain; B.) a smart investment in Chicago’s future; or C.) both.
El Equipo Móvil de Salud para Migrantes empezó a trabajar a principios de mayo con unos pocos estudiantes de medicina y médicos, y ha crecido hasta contar con unos 200 voluntarios.
Most migrants must wait 150 days after filing for asylum to apply for a work permit and can’t get that until their application has been pending at least 30 days, often longer.
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.
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