On Friday, 11th Ward Alderwoman Nicole Lee announced that the mayor was considering a plan to build a new shelter to replace the Standard Club shelter downtown before the Democratic National Convention. Neighbors were not happy with that reasoning. "Now that the DNC is coming, we gotta move t...
This paper uses data abstracted from 465 client records randomly selected from the current files of a downtown medical clinic in Chicago, Illinois to examine substance use among 85 immigrant and 380 nonimmigrant homeless and at-risk homeless adults. Immigrants to the United States reported lower ...
A sense of despair has engulfed the migrant camp of La Soledad, named after the colonial-era church that towers over the shantytown in downtown Mexico City. It was supposed to be a temporary stop, a place to regroup and wait for the right moment ...
Also, the Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that it is making an effort to hire more migrants for jobs in the district. More from CBS News New Evanston city hall space soon to open in north suburb's downtown Mayor Johnson agrees to testify before Congress on sanctuary city policies...
In April 2022, Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to charter buses to transport migrants from Texas to Washington, D.C. Since then, Abbott has also sent migrants to Denver, New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia. The governor’s office has said that...
“I don’t have any money in my pocket so I’m hoping to find a shelter until I figure something out,” said Joel, who came from Nicaragua and is looking to get to Chicago. “I don’t know what the nights are like here. Is it cold here?” ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke about his first 100 days in office as he faces challenges including crime and the ongoing migrant crisis.
CHICAGO (CBS) –Mayor Brandon Johnson this week announced a new initiative to move migrants out of police stations and into churches, even with work beginning on a large tent camp for asylum seekers in the Brighton Park neighborhood. Dubbed the "Unity Initiative," the mayor on Tuesday ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Charges have been filed against three people after fake IDs were sold to migrants. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said part of the investigation started the arrests of foreign nationals for retail theft in the downtown area. "They told us almost identical stories that they ...
Two days after arriving in New York, Van Orden said the men who stayed at her home were turned away from a men’s shelter and were left to sleep on the street. “And they just needed a hand so they could get to Chicago, which was their final destination. And I just thought well ...