Suspense grows at border over future of US asylum rules

Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law since March 2020 related to preventing the spread of COVID-19 under a public-health rule called Title 42.

‘Remain in Mexico’: Federal judge blocks Biden bid to end Trump-era policy

Under former President Donald Trump, about 70,000 asylum-seekers were forced to wait in Mexico for U.S. hearings under the policy introduced in January 2019, which President Joe Biden suspended on his first day in office.

'Major surge' in border crossings
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A pandemic-era border policy is set to end next week, and it has border towns worried about another surge of undocumented immigrants.

Nearly 2K new US citizens sworn-in at Wintrust Arena
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Becoming a United States citizen was?a dream come true for nearly 2,000 people in Chicago on Wednesday.

Chicago alderman demands more support for refugees bused in from Texas

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez of the 25th Ward led a coalition to City Hall Thursday. The group delivered a letter to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanding more support for refugees and migrants in what is called a “Sanctuary City.”

Chicago alderman demands more support for refugees bused in from Texas
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Nearly 3,700 migrants have been bused to Chicago from Texas. Now, local leaders are asking, "What is the long term plan to care for these families?"

Chicago lawyer officially becoming US citizen Tuesday

When people head to the polls Tuesday, Karen Villagomez will cast her ballot for the first time ever right after becoming a U.S. citizen that same day.

Community group at odds with shelter, city over donations for immigrants bused from Texas

A Pilsen-based community group at odds with city and shelter officials over how to get donations to immigrants bused from Texas says it plans to continue providing items directly to the newly arrived community.

Chicago chef prepares hundreds of meals for migrants arriving in city

Chef Art Smith and the staff at Reunion — his newest restaurant at Navy Pier — sent 200 dinners and 200 breakfasts to Chicago's newest Venezuelan migrants.

Chef Art Smith feeds migrants arriving in Chicago
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Chef Art Smith said shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday, he got an email from Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office marked "Urgent" saying it needed 200 dinners and 200 breakfasts for a group of Venezuelan migrants who recently arrived in Chicago.

Preckwinkle calls for federal assistance to ease health care costs of asylum seekers
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who is up for reelection next month, called on the federal government to address the influx of migrants at the southern border. She said the governors of Texas and Florida have used the busing tactic as a preelection stunt.

Preckwinkle calls for U.S. help amid 'considerable' health costs for asylum seekers bused from Texas, Florida

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday condemned the "cynical, disgraceful tactic" of Southern Republican governors busing asylum seekers to Chicago, adding that resources are needed to offset the "considerable" costs to the county’s health care system.