'We're tired, Ms. Lightfoot': Chicago community outraged at decision to use former school to house migrants

There is outrage in a Chicago neighborhood as a school gets set to house hundreds of migrants. Residents say they were blindsided by the move and feel they are being ignored. Now, they are fighting back on the city's decision to use a former elementary school to house migrants from the Texas border.

Woodlawn residents push back against migrant shelter
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There is outrage in a Chicago neighborhood as a former school gets ready to house hundreds of migrants.

Chicago community outraged at decision to use former school to house migrants
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Residents say they were blindsided by the move and feel they are being ignored. Now, they are fighting back on the city's decision to use a former elementary school to house migrants from the Texas border.

Biden toughens immigration policy as Cuban migrants overwhelm Florida officials
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After months of criticism for his administration's handling of the border, President Joe Biden is cracking down on illegal crossings as the crisis in the southwest now spreads to Florida.

Biden announces new immigration rules ahead of US-Mexico border visit on Sunday

The Biden administration will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the border illegally in a major expansion of an existing effort to stop Venezuelans.

Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border

The Biden administration has yet to lay out any systemic changes to manage an expected surge of migrants should the restrictions end.

Former CPS school to be used as shelter for migrants
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As early as this Friday, a group of migrants may be moving into a former elementary school on Chicago?s South Side.

Controversy surrounds Woodlawn school being used to house migrants

As early as this Friday, Jan. 6, a group of migrants from the Texas border could be moving into a former CPS elementary school on Chicago’s South Side; however, the plan is causing controversy in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood.

Shuttered Chicago school to be used as shelter for migrants
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As early as this Friday, a group of migrants may be moving into a former elementary school on Chicago?s South Side.

Lightfoot under pressure to find funding for migrants

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has until the end of January to find funding for the thousands of migrants bused to Chicago from Texas.

Lightfoot asks Illinois for millions more to help migrants
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot has until the end of January to find funding for the thousands of migrants bused to Chicago from Texas.

Shuttered Woodlawn elementary school to house newly arrived asylum seekers

Chicago officials plan to repurpose a former elementary school on the city’s South Side into a temporary shelter for newly arrived immigrants.

Supreme Court ruling on Title 42 casts asylum seekers as 'political tool,' Chicago immigration advocate says

As families seeking asylum in the United States face ongoing threats of being turned away from the border, some have opted to send their children alone, said one Chicago-based immigration advocate.

Supreme Court to keep Title 42 in place indefinitely

The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on people seeking asylum in place for now, dashing hopes of migrants who have been fleeing violence and inequality.

Supreme Court upholds Trump-era immigration policy
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The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely, dashing hopes of immigration advocates who had been anticipating their end this week.

Buses from Texas send migrants to VP Kamala Harris' home on Christmas Eve

Some were wearing T-shirts despite temperatures hovering around 15 degrees Fahrenheit. It was the coldest Christmas Eve on record in DC.

Migrants gather at US-Mexico border as Title 42 hangs in limbo
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Katy Arnold, director of refugee and forced migration studies at DePaul University, talks about Title 42 as an immigration policy and how it is bottlenecking refugees near the U.S.-Mexico border amid an uncertain future.