Migrants in Chicago

“Jeremías,” as he was called, trekked through at least seven countries with his family from tropical Venezuela, where he grew up, to the United States and eventually Chicago. He faced that arduous journey with bright smiles for his parents and a tight hold on his baby brother, Isaías.

Handling the influx of migrants will be front and center at the first in-person meeting of mayors from across Chicagoland.

A new state-supported migrant shelter opened its doors in Chicago's Little Village on Wednesday. 

Another Chicago suburb has joined the growing list in cracking down on migrant buses.

Chicago leaders were expecting four buses of asylum seekers to arrive on Friday. However, only one of the buses applied for a permit.

Forty migrants out of Texas were briefly dropped off at a Palatine bus station before being forced to reboard and head toward Chicago.

A group is slamming Governor J.B. Pritzker for how much money is being spent to house and care for migrants.