Immigration

Dozens of Republican lawmakers are visiting the southern border on Wednesday for a firsthand look at the migrant crisis. Joy Addison is in Eagle Pass, Texas with the story.

The DuPage County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (OHSEM) says nearly 3,000 men, women and children seeking asylum in the United States have passed through DuPage County train stations since December.

A group is slamming Governor J.B. Pritzker for how much money is being spent to house and care for migrants. This comes as a new intake center is set to open up in Chicago this month.

Another Chicago suburb has passed a transportation ordinance for bus companies bringing migrants to Illinois. North Chicago City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that requires coordination and imposes a specific drop-off time frame on busing companies.

The migrant bus battle in Chicago's suburbs has gone into overdrive.

At least five more suburbs were scheduled to meet to consider restrictive ordinances aimed at curbing unscheduled migrant buses from Texas.

Another Chicago suburb plans to consider an ordinance restricting bus companies that are transporting migrants. North Chicago City Council will discuss the topic at a meeting Tuesday night.

Chicago has a new "Landing Zone" for migrant buses arriving from the southern border.

A plane carrying hundreds of migrants who crossed the Texas-Mexico border landed in Rockford Sunday morning and were bussed into Chicago.

Some migrants in Chicago received a warm meal on Saturday thanks to "Taste for the Homeless." That group, along with others, came together to provide some hope to the migrants and show some hospitality.

Chicago is reportedly diverting almost a hundred million dollars in COVID relief funds to help pay for migrant care.

New video captured a group of migrants being dropped off at the unstaffed train station in the western suburbs.