West Side team with migrant players loses championship game
The New Life Centers little league program has over 300 players across all age groups on 20 teams.
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The New Life Centers little league program has over 300 players across all age groups on 20 teams.
After moving ahead in tournaments and clinching a recent district game, the New Life Centers little league team, unfortunately, lost in the championship game Wednesday night.
One could call this a rare opportunity to ask the mayor some questions on any topic. It was the first such opportunity in weeks.
"Yeah, I want to be a professional player, so I could help my family. Because I just love it."
Teenage migrants who recently arrived in Chicago are now getting a chance to play the game they love as part of a youth program on the West Side. CBS 2's Andrew Ramon has their story.
The Park District has shared plans to transform the Broadway Armory community center into a temporary shelter for 250 migrants for a minimum of six months.
Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th) says the plan to make the Broadway Armory into a temporary shelter has been in the works for almost a year. But she said the entire shelter system in the city is not sustainable, and still lacking is federal help and a comprehensive plan to deal with the issues. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
They told CBS 2's Marybel González Monday night that they have no choice because of rules that bar them from applying for jobs.
Some migrants told CBS 2's Marybel González Monday night that they have no choice because of rules that bar them from applying for jobs. Read more
The residents lashed out at city leaders that the facility was chosen despite the fact that it is already being utilized.
The residents lashed out at city leaders that the facility was chosen despite the fact that it is already being utilized. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) called for a special meeting of the full City Council to demand more thorough answers from city agencies.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) called for a special meeting of the full City Council to demand more thorough answers from city agencies.
What’s going on - according to community members - is loitering, late-night partying, littering, prostitution, and at least one fight between migrants and residents. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Taylor, who lives in the community, said she's seen incidents like loitering and partying into the late-night hours around the shelter.
Neighbors are voicing their concerns over a migrant shelter in the Woodlawn neighborhood. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov was at the meeting, which was just getting underway at 6 p.m. on Monday.
The latest temporary shelter is set for the Uptown neighborhood – at the building at Marine Drive and Irving Park Road that formerly housed the American Islamic College, and before that, Immaculata High School. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The shelter set to open next Friday at the building at Marine Drive and Irving Park Road that formerly housed the American Islamic College, and before that, Immaculata High School.
Similar meetings have been held in different parts of the city – where residents expressed both support and concerns for migrant shelters. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
A temporary shelter is set to open in the former American Islamic college right near Irving Park and Marine Drive.
Sources told CBS 2 previously there are at least four officers involved, and a migrant teen now pregnant, from those alleged encounters.
Progress is slow in the case of the alleged sexual misconduct, and it is nowhere near finished. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Twelve days after opening a probe into whether police officers had engaged in sexual misconduct with migrants at a West Side police station, investigators said they have yet to substantiate any claims against police -- but their investigation remains open. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Twelve days after opening a probe into whether police officers had engaged in sexual misconduct with migrants at a West Side police station, investigators said they have yet to substantiate any claims against police, but their investigation remains open, and has led to a similar allegation at a second police station.
A center inside a school streamlines the process instead of trying to navigate different appointments with different departments.
