Chicago’s migrant tent shelter plans on pause
After a fraught, failed attempt to pitch a first tent shelter for migrants in Chicago, the city is pausing other efforts to do so, for now.
Little Village residents protest proposed migrant camp after removal of Brighton Park site
As a migrant tent camp is dismantled in Brighton Park, residents of Little Village are expressing their opposition to a similar facility proposed for their neighborhood.
Johnson proposes fines over 'rogue buses' transporting migrants to Chicago
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has reportedly begun filing lawsuits over what it has described as “rogue buses" transporting migrants to Chicago.
Chicago looks to implement stricter rules for migrant bus operators
As five buses filled with migrants were expected to arrive in Chicago on Friday, the city is looking to implement a new penalty system targeting private bus operators.
Migrant shelter at closed St. Bartholomew school expected to open next year
The former St. Bartholomew School could be the first of many empty Archdiocese of Chicago properties to be converted into new arrival shelters in the coming weeks, city and church officials said.
City Council members call for resignation of leaders responsible for failed Brighton Park migrant camp
Chicago City Council members penned a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday, calling for the ‘immediate resignation’ of several city officials after the state struck down plans for a migrant encampment in Brighton Park.
'Brutal ignorance': Community sounds off after Chicago migrant camp shut down
The construction of a controversial migrant encampment on the city's Southwest Side has been shut down for good.
