Intensifying migrant crisis in Chicago: Over 15K asylum seekers arrive in the city
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The migrant crisis in Chicago is escalating as more than 15,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the city since Saturday. Seven busloads of them arrived just on Wednesday from the southern border.

Chicago police search for intruder at migrant shelter in Gage Park
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An intruder broke into the women's quarters at a temporary migrant shelter in Gage Park Thursday morning. The Gage Park field house was turned into housing for asylum seekers in June.

Chicago dealing with more migrant buses arriving
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More than 15,000 migrants are in Chicago and the city is searching for solutions on where to hose them. Since Saturday, 27 busloads of asylum seekers were dropped off in the city, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Migrant Crisis Solutions: Temporary shelter set to open in Pilsen

Another temporary housing solution for the increasing number of asylum seekers moving to Chicago has been selected by the city. 

Migrant crisis concern grows as need for shelters increases
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Chicago has now received over 15,000 asylum seekers with eight buses arriving over the weekend and 15 more by the end of the week. Mayor Brandon Johnson says the goal is to move migrants out of police stations to safe shelters.

Migrant Crisis Solutions: Advocates propose shelter at former Illinois government building

Community organizations across Cook County and the city of Chicago have come together to take on the migrant crisis in a safe and humane manner. However, they say they don't want spending on the migrants to cause their taxes to increase.

Should Chicago remain a sanctuary city? Aldermen push for voters to decide

Chicago Ald. Anthony Beale of the 9th Ward is one of two aldermen pushing for a referendum to be placed on the March 2024 primary ballot asking voters directly: should Chicago remain a sanctuary city?

U.S. and Mexico officials regroup as border crisis intensifies
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The border crisis has reached a boiling point as top officials from the U.S. and Mexico are meeting to discuss what can be done about the unprecedented influx of migrants across the border.

Tension brews in Chicago's West Loop as migrant shelter moves into commercial building

Thomas De Boer, president of the recently-opened Chicago Card Club, said the fact that part of the building he just signed a lease for is now being used to house migrants will kill his business, and cost him in the neighborhood of $100,000.

Chicago signs $29.3 million contract to build 'winterized base camps' for migrants
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Chicago has taken the first concrete step to deliver on Mayor Brandon Johnson?s controversial plan to get more than 2,000 migrants off the floors of police stations, O?Hare and Midway airports and into giant tent cities he prefers to call ?winterized base camps? before temperatures plummet.