Hundreds of migrants could move into abandoned Woodlawn elementary school starting Monday
The city says the school, formerly Wadsworth Elementary School, is ready to accept 250 migrants -- to start.
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The city says the school, formerly Wadsworth Elementary School, is ready to accept 250 migrants -- to start.
The city says the school, formerly Wadsworth Elementary School, is ready to accept 250 migrants -- to start.
The city says the school, formerly Wadsworth Elementary School, is ready to accept 250 migrants -- to start.
To start, 250 migrants will move into the shelter.
The school-turned-shelter, once Wadsworth Elementary School and later the University of Chicago Charter School, is ready for migrants.
To start, 250 migrants will move into the shelter.
City leaders said they're delaying the move-in to hold another community meeting to answer questions.
The city wanted to bring asylum seekers to the school six days ago, but the date was pushed back.
City officials said the old Wadsworth Elementary School is now set to be turned into a migrant shelter before the end of the month. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
"I would like a big enough space that we can host a shelter for 100 new arrivals. They have this goal to work and provide for themselves."
Another community meeting is set for Thursday night about the city's plan to house migrants at the shuttered old Wadsworth Elementary School in Woodlawn. CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports.
For the first time, a look inside a vacant Chicago public school at the center of a controversy to house migrants. After months of heated debate, we have a view inside a Woodlawn school that could house migrants, that was until a last minute delay put the kibosh on the controversial plan, as least for now.
CBS 2's Marissa Perlman spoke Tuesday with some of the migrants about their journey, and the organizations that are now scrambling to help.
CBS 2’s Marissa Perlman spoke Tuesday with some of the migrants about their journey, and the organizations that are now scrambling to help.
Cameras recorded some of them who were dropped off at the District One police station.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and New York Mayor Eric Adams said migrant shelters in their cities have reached capacity.
In order to transform the school into an emergency shelter, $1.5 million will be spent.
"Overburdening other cities is not the solution," they wrote.
"Overburdening other cities is not the solution," they wrote.
The Mayor's office said the capacity issue at temporary shelters is what drove the decision to open up a facility at the former Wadsworth Elementary School.
The community meeting Wednesday night at the Harriet M. Harris Park fieldhouse, 6200 S. Drexel Ave., was advertised as a "conversation." But there wasn't really a discussion.
On Thursday, in the latest numbers available, the city said it has accepted 3,871 people on buses from the Texas border.
So far, Chicago has welcomed and provided support to more than 3,800 asylum-seekers who arrived on buses from the U.S./Mexico border.
The public is encouraged to donate an unwrapped toy for children ages two to 12 years old.
In a statement, the city said it is committed to helping each family and individual and will provide services with respect and dignity.
