CHICAGO (CBS)– The mayors of three of the biggest cities in the country – including Chicago – met Wednesday to discuss the migrant crisis each is facing. As CBS 2's Marybel González reported, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday said Chicago is almost at capacity with migrants, even as m...
Chicago migrant crisis: Records shed light on contract for tents, city cracks down on buses CHICAGO (CBS)-- The tents continue to come down at the site in the Brighton Park neighborhood that was going to be a base camp for migrants until Gov. JB Pritzkershut down the plan. At another p...
The shift to the new system begins this week. Starting on Tuesday, only migrants who have been in the U.S. for 30 days or less will be eligible for placement in one of the 13 migrant shelters across the city, according to the mayor's office. The new system also will end the 6...
The mayor said the continuing migrant crisis is costing city government $1.5 million a day. Johnson and the City Council have budgeted only $150 million for the city's response to the migrant crisis for 2024, meaning funding will run out in April. The mayor has not said what the city pla...
ABC7 Chicago is exploring the local migrant crisis. Lightfoot said the city has run out of funds to aid the incoming migrants. "We're going to keep demanding our fair share of resources from the federal government," Lightfoot said. "FEMA has got to step up and support Chicago, and they...
Favi explained how Chicago plans to repurpose at least some of the infrastructure it created to respond to the migrant crisis. Officials have said they intend to use the existing shelter system to also support an overall anti-homelessness mission. "We really want to ensure that homeless people ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The City of Chicago is looking to make it easier for volunteers to help out new migrant arrivals. The New Neighbors Campaign was developed by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights; the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, and the ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will visit the southern border as the city deals with the migrant crisis.
Wong added, "Creating better stability for all people is better for Chicago." The city said migrants may be eligible to stay in shelters longer than 60 days under extenuating circumstances like a medical crisis or severe cold weather.
The Brighton Park tent debacle has prompted pressure inside city government, as three aldermen call on seven city officials to resign over their handling of the migrant crisis. Alds. Anthony Beale (9th), Raymond Lopez (15th), and Anthony Napolitano (41st) sent the mayor a letter on ...