Migrants settle into a new life in Chicago a year later
The Grace and Peace Church of Chicago has been going above and beyond from the start, and has helped families settle into new lives. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
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The Grace and Peace Church of Chicago has been going above and beyond from the start, and has helped families settle into new lives. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
"I come from an immigrant family. So I understand some of the struggles, and this is my way of giving back."
The district is teaming up with Cradles to Crayons to help students from migrant families. CBS 2's Noel Brennan shows us how they ensure every student is ready for winter.
If all goes as desired, the city still wants to move forward and open a tent city for migrants at 37th Street and California Avenue.
If all goes as desired, the city still wants to move forward and open a tent city for migrants at 37th Street and California Avenue in Brighton Park. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
It usually takes months.
The move comes after the village board last week approved a measure to offer more support to shelter asylum seekers as the weather gets colder.
A new federal pilot program could help ease shelter overcrowding, by allowing migrants to earn money and pay rent. Starting Thursday, 150 migrants a day can apply for work authorizations.
Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) agreed to back the plan after receiving an assurance from the mayor the lot in his ward would not be used as a migrant camp beyond Oct. 31, 2024.
Allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson offered their own proposal on Tuesday to ask Chicago voters to weigh in on the city's migrant crisis.
Jackson said Chicago already has 680,000 people experiencing homelessness, who also need help.
The lawsuit alleged that the plan for the site ignores city code and zoning law and asked for a temporary, and eventually a permanent, injunction.
Neighbors in Brighton Park took a drastic measure to stop a migrant tent base camp from being erected in their backyard. They filed a lawsuit against Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City of Chicago to stop the camp from going up.
The Oak Park Village Board voted unanimously to allocate $300,000 in response to the migrant crisis. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The resolution allows the village to provide aid and support to asylum seekers.
The migrant crisis is top of mind for village leaders in Oak Park who gathered Thursday for an emergency meeting. It comes as more than 100 asylum seekers were moved from the streets of Chicago to indoor shelters in Oak Park on Wednesday. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez has the latest on the story she first reported.
Johnson joined mayors from Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles who are all pushing for more federal funding.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was in Washington, D.C., on Friday to join a handful of other big city mayors to ask the Biden administration for $5 billion more in federal funding for aid to migrants. Johnson joined mayors from Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles, who are all pushing for more federal funding. He said the full wraparound services for thousands of migrants in Chicago are costing the city $40 million per month, a figure that is not sustainable.
Lake Shore Schools is collecting donations of new winter coats, boots, hats, gloves, and scarves; as well as hygiene products, diapers, and other essentials.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is in Washington, D.C. to ask the Biden administration for more help with the city's migrant crisis. Johnson joined mayors from Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles, who are all pushing for more federal funding. He said the full wraparound services for thousands of migrants in Chicago are costing the city $40 million per month, a figure that is not sustainable.
CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reports Johnson is joining mayors from Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York who are all pushing for more federal funding. The trip comes as the mayor faces some opposition at home.
More than 100 migrants have been taken in the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, at 611 Randolph St. in Oak Park.
With temperatures dropping amid the snow Tuesday night, volunteers were calling the Oak Park police to see if they would take them in. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Supporters of a bid to purchase a vacant Jewel site in Morgan Park to build a migrant tent camp agreed to delay a final City Council vote on Wednesday.
Some aldermen are questioning whether Chicago should remain a sanctuary city, while City Hall is tight-lipped reports that there are plans to house migrants at the old Museum of Broadcast Communications. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
Bears fans lucky enough to snag tickets for the playoff game against the Rams better bundle up, with frigid temperatures expected Sunday night. One huge Bears fan showed off how people can dress for the big game.
People living in Chicago's Belmont Gardens neighborhood said they've been dealing with a persistent droning noise, sometimes a constant hum and other times like a rocket ship taking off, since December.
"It's as definitive as we're going to get," CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder said of the new research, which found no connection between Tylenol and autism or ADHD.
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The FBI has captured a fugitive from Chicago's "Most Wanted" list. Antonio Stigler, 32, was arrested Friday morning at a home in south suburban Dolton.
The number of ICE detainees exceeded 70,000 for the first time in the deportation agency's 23-year history, according to internal DHS data obtained by CBS News.
The Justice Department says it also added about 80 more attorneys this week to help review the Epstein files to be released.
The ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting could try to invoke immunity under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause to try to end state criminal prosecution.
President Trump threatened Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota. He previously threatened to do so in Chicago, but never followed through.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado previously said she wanted to "share" the prize for removing Nicolás Maduro from power.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
A new report shines a light on electricity shortages that Illinois could face in less than 10 years.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
Severe flu season is sending many people to hospital emergency rooms across the country, including in the Chicago area.
Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
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The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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Bob Weir wrote or co-wrote and sang lead vocals on Grateful Dead classics including "Sugar Magnolia," "One More Saturday Night" and "Mexicali Blues."
Chicago Theatre Week brings value-priced tickets for shows from Feb. 5 until Feb. 15 at Chicago's stage venues. Tickets can sell for $30, $15, or even less.
Isiah Whitlock Jr. is perhaps best known for his role as state Sen. R. Clayton "Clay" Davis on HBO's "The Wire."
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Bears fans lucky enough to snag tickets for the divisional playoff game against the Rams at Soldier Field better bundle up, with frigid temperatures and single-digit wind chills expected Sunday night. One huge Bears fan showed off how people can dress for the big game.
Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain of outstanding debt to the city.
People living in Chicago's Belmont Gardens neighborhood said they've been dealing with a persistent droning noise, sometimes a constant hum and other times like a rocket ship taking off, since December.
The FBI has captured a fugitive from Chicago's "Most Wanted" list. Antonio Stigler, 32, was arrested Friday morning at a home in south suburban Dolton, in connection with the murder of a pregnant woman in Riverdale in 2024.
Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain of outstanding debt to the city.
People living in Chicago's Belmont Gardens neighborhood said they've been dealing with a persistent droning noise, sometimes a constant hum and other times like a rocket ship taking off, since December.
As officials in Arlington Heights on Friday renewed their pitch to lure the Chicago Bears to the northwest suburbs, leaders in Gary, Indiana offered three potential sites to move the Bears across state lines.
Bears fans lucky enough to snag tickets for the playoff game against the Rams better bundle up, with frigid temperatures expected Sunday night. One huge Bears fan showed off how people can dress for the big game.
"It's as definitive as we're going to get," CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder said of the new research, which found no connection between Tylenol and autism or ADHD.
Even as Mayor Brandon Johnson has warned of possible mid-year city worker layoffs if revenue estimates in the budget fall short, city employees and workers at the city's sister agencies owe a mountain of outstanding debt to the city.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
Fire department officials in Chicago's western suburbs said drone technology has been helping keep firefighters safe and make a major impact on public safety.
With the stores becoming a common target for thieves, some of the stores in the Chicago area are taking new steps to fight back.
As thousands of people are expected downtown for New Year's Eve celebrations, Mayor Johnson, the Chicago police, and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications are trying to get out ahead of any safety concerns.
It's been 40 years since the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl and, perhaps coincidentally, also since their cheerleading squad, the Honey Bears, were disbanded. Is there a curse?
After both teams rallied in the 4th quarter to win in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs, the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams face off on Sunday in a NFC Divisional Round game at Soldier Field in Chicago.
As officials in Arlington Heights on Friday renewed their pitch to lure the Chicago Bears to the northwest suburbs, leaders in Gary, Indiana offered three potential sites to move the Bears across state lines.
Mikael Backlund and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1.
The Bears will welcome the Rams to Soldier Field on Sunday with temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the single digits.
Chicago police have issued a community alert on a string of burglaries this week targeting businesses from the north lakefront to the Southwest Side.
Burglars broke into a bar in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.
A teen stood charged Thursday with shooting a young woman in the mouth in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood earlier this week.
A man is dead, and two others were injured after a shooting in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood.
Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have charged a registered nurse to giving counterfeit Ozempic to patients in Chicago.
