State to open 2 new migrant shelters in Chicago
Gov. JB Pritzker's Office said the two shelters will collectively be able to house up to nearly 2,000 people.
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Gov. JB Pritzker's Office said the two shelters will collectively be able to house up to nearly 2,000 people.
Two new state-supported shelters will open to house hundreds of migrants in Chicago. One shelter is near Midway International Airport, and the other will be in Hyde Park.
Downtown Chicago was bustling with people Monday, and there was plenty of demand for people brave enough to work in the heat.
Demand for hot food items alongside Grant Park has not stopped in the face of the heat. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Downtown Chicago was bustling with people Monday, and there was plenty of demand for people brave enough to work in the heat. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
CBS 2 on Friday talked with City Deputy Mayor for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Beatriz Ponce De León.
A 60-day shelter limit is being enforced on Chicago shelters for asylum seekers despite adequate space. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza asked city Deputy Mayor for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Beatriz Ponce De León why.
The City of Chicago this week started telling some migrant families with children they had to leave city-run shelters—despite fewer than half of the beds in city shelters currently being used. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza on Friday talked with City Deputy Mayor for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Beatriz Ponce De León about why this is happening, and what happens next.
The City of Chicago is executing its 60-day shelter stay policy, offering to reprocess any asylum seeker who asks to reenter the shelter system.
The City of Chicago is executing its 60-day shelter stay policy, offering to reprocess any asylum seeker who asks to reenter the shelter system. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The new shelter is a collaboration between the City of Chicago and the Archdiocese of Chicago – which is lending the St. Bartholomew buildings at no cost to the city.
While the number of arrivals has slowed, it has not stopped. A new shelter at St. Bartholomew Parish in Portage Park will be tending to that need, as CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Simone Peña is one of around 400,000 undocumented immigrants, experts said, who are in Illinois waiting for documentation.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports that activists in Chicago are working to speed up the process to process more people. The majority of them had been here for years before this latest immigration surge.
The executive action authorizes U.S. immigration officials to deport large numbers of migrants without processing their asylum claims.
President Joe Biden’s plan would allow the quick deportation of thousands of migrants. CBS 2’s Marybel Gonzalez reports on how it might affect asylum seekers in Chicago.
CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports last year, the city was scrambling to house arriving migrants, so it turned to the Park District, which converted some of its buildings, like Gage Park, into temporary emergency shelters.
The order means immigration officials can deport migrants at the border. without processing their asylum claims, once the number of border crossings goes over 2,500 a day. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Mr. Biden's executive order authorizing deportations at the border will not affect asylum seekers who are already in Chicago – but there could indeed be changes in Chicago moving forward. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
President Joe Biden’s move would allow immigration officials to deport migrants quickly if the enter the U.S. without an asylum appointment, when the weekly average of illegal daily entries exceeds 2,500. CBS News’ Natalie Brand reports.
CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports that the Gage Park Fieldhouse was long known as a community hub that brought people together, but for the past year, it has been a site of controversy.
CBS 2 got a closer look Monday at how the process works, and information on what is taking so long.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza got a closer look Monday at how the process works, and information on what is taking so long.
Kraal said they see around 300 people a week, stamping each card before families start to "shop" for free.
Illinois House lawmakers approved the fiscal year 2025 spending plan, which is said to be the largest in the state's history. The $53 billion budget was approved with a 65 to 45 vote in the early morning hours after the state Senate passed it on over the weekend. The more than 3,000-page spending plan now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk for his signature.
