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Lydia Wong: Welcoming Migrants Bussed From Texas (CCW EP 22) Our own Chi Welcome admin Lydia Wong discusses her experiences volunteering and helping migrants - learn about her background in the Catholic Worker Movement.
12/16
WGN-TV In response to Chicago's stricter migrant bus management penalties, confusion arises as migrants are being dropped outside the city
12/8
Axios: Chicago alders advance measure to bolster sanctuary city protections
Chicago Sun Times: Migrant shelter at closed St. Bartholomew school expected to open next
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ABC Chicago: City scrambling to determine next steps for migrants in Chicago after camp scrapped by state
ABC Chicago: Others step up to house Chicago migrants after base camp plan scuttled, Pritzker defends decision
WGN: 3 Chicago aldermen call for resignations over failed Brighton Park migrant site
Block Club: Logan Square’s The Parlor Is Helping Mutual Aid Groups Support People In Need
12/5
Axios: Illinois halts construction of Chicago migrant camp
Block Club: Brighton Park Tent Encampment Construction On Hold For At Least A Week, City Lawyer Says
Chicago Tribune: State drafted, but never sent to Texas, flyer aimed at discouraging migrants from coming to Chicago
ABC Chicago: Chicago migrants staff Hermosa food pantry: 'They just want to do something
ABC Chicago: Judge denies temporary restraining order after construction halted at Brighton Park migrant camp
Chicago Sun Times: Suit to stop Brighton Park migrant tent site dismissed, for now
12/4
Axios: Mercury found on Brighton Park migrant camp site
Block Club Chicago: Brighton Park Tent Encampment Deemed Safe — Despite Mercury, Arsenic Contamination, Mayor’s Office Says
WGN: Emergency hearing to be held on Brighton Park migrant base camp
Chicago Tribune: Volunteer networks step up to provide health needs to migrants at police stations
Chicago Tribune: A plea to Biden from longtime undocumented immigrants in Chicago: ‘Please don’t forget about us, we need job permits too’
State Senator Robert Peters in the Sun Times: Chicago must remain a sanctuary city because ‘that is who we are’
Sherman "Dilla" Thomas in the TRiiBE: Blaming migrants for Chicago’s problems is a historical trend
11/30
Chicago Sun Times: Brighton Park migrant tents begin rising
Chicago Tribune: Protesters in Brighton Park speak out against migrant camp as construction begins
Block Club: 17 Churches To Become Migrant Shelters As City Hurries To Provide Housing For Winter
CBS Chicago: 17 Chicago churches to take in migrants from police stations, as work begins on tent camp in Brighton Park
ABC Chicago: Migrants in Chicago: Churches begin taking in migrants as part of Mayor Johnson's initiative
NBC Chicago: Efforts continue to find housing for migrants in Chicago
11/28
WTTW: State Officials to Use $65M to Build Brighton Park Base Camp, Transform Little Village CVS into Migrant Shelter
Chicago Tribune: Construction on Brighton Park migrant camp to begin with state involvement this week despite aldermanic opposition
Block Club: Migrant Shelter Opens Near Salt Shed In Goose Island
ABC Chicago: Mayor Johnson set to announce mobilization of faith, philanthropic resources for migrants
Capitol Fax: Bus arrivals trending upward again
Sun Times: City changing migrant arrivals playbook
Block Club: As Chicago’s Shelter Rule For Migrant Families Takes Effect, Here Are Three Student Rights To Know
Chicago Tribune: ‘I can’t do a lot of things, but I can do this’: How one Chicagoan is stepping up for migrant children with disabilities
11/27
Chicago Tribune: Pritzker administration sought migrant tent camp proposals before Mayor Brandon Johnson took office, records show
Block Club: Brighton Park Tent Camp Construction Not Starting Yet, City Says
Sun Times: Construction of winter tents for migrants in Brighton Park to start Monday, alderperson says
ABC Chicago: Chicago migrants: Construction on Brighton Park base camp will not begin Monday, mayor's office says
ABC Chicago: Lawsuit from Chicago residents over handling of migrant housing in court Monday
Sun Times: Venezuelan artist paints his way to Chicago: ‘I never dreamed I would do that’
Sun Times Op-Ed: Chicago has been a welcoming city for centuries (Buildings Commissioner Matthew W. Beaudet)
Sun Times Op Ed: Giving thanks for new neighbors — migrants — who are becoming part of Chicago and America (New Life Centers’ Matt DeMateo)
Chicago Tribune: Half full: Migrants struggle to eat in Chicago
Chicago Tribune Op Ed by Jose Muñoz: Continued division over Chicago’s migrant crisis will breed only more chaos for everyone
Politico: Democratic cities brace for a nightmare winter housing migrants