News Clips
October and November
October and November
CBS Chicago: Migrants, unhoused Chicagoans give thanks for free haircuts and a fresh start
Chicago Tribune: Asylum-seekers cleared from once-crowded Chicago police station as city begins to enact new policies
WBEZ's Reset: Volunteers blindsided by new 60-day limit on migrant stays in Chicago shelters
Advocates wonder where people will stay once their time in Chicago shelters runs out.
CWB Chicago: Abracadabra! Migrant camp outside Chicago police station disappears as city aims to have all stations cleared by December 1
Sun Times: Brighton Park migrant tent site construction blocked by protesters: ‘Show me the permit; I’m ready to go to jail.’
Capitol Fax: State to lay out ‘next steps in managing the asylum seeker crisis’ tomorrow (Updated)
Chicago Tribune: Mayor Brandon Johnson announces effort to get migrants out of shelters within 60 days
WTTW: Chicago to Limit Migrants to 60 Days in City Shelters as Part of New Approach to Crisis: Johnson
WBEZ: Mayor Johnson is imposing a “tiered” 60-day limit on migrant stays in city shelters
Sun Times: Johnson implementing 60-day limit on shelter stays in next phase of plan to confront migrant crisis
WBEZ: Cook County pitches a $100 million fund for migrants and disaster aid
Chicago Sun Times Editorial Board: Mayor Johnson gets a green light on budget, but kicks the fiscal can down the road on migrant spending
WBEZ: The stars of the high school concert? A rock band of migrant teens.
Sun Times: Number of migrants arriving by bus, staying in Chicago police stations at lowest point in months
WTTW: As Backlash Against Chicago’s Sanctuary City Status Gains Steam, Supporters Warn of Consequences
Block Club: Downtown Alderman, Volunteers Help Migrants Apply For Temporary Protected Status
Chicago Sun Times Editorial Board: Catholic Charities of San Antonio does Chicago no favors by failing to give a heads-up when migrants are on the way
Sun Times Op-Ed: Migrant crisis won’t be solved by repealing Welcoming City ordinance
Sun Times: Hundreds gather in Brighton Park to oppose proposed migrant camp
Chicago Tribune: Migrant family journeys back to Venezuela, more leaving Chicago as winter looms: ‘The American Dream doesn’t exist anymore’
Chicago Tribune: Migrants flown to Chicago by Catholic Charities in San Antonio, even with winter approaching and no place to sleep
WTTW: With ‘Base Camps’ Weeks Away from Opening, Officials Scramble for Temporary Plan for Migrants
Chicago Tribune Letter to the Editor: There should be enough resources to help the migrants and the unhoused in Chicago
WBEZ's Reset: New pilot program to help migrants get one step closer to work permits
Sun Times: Despite internal police alerts, scant evidence of violent gang members among Venezuelan migrants in Chicago
Block Club: Englewood Organizer Needs Help Feeding 1,000 Neighbors, Migrant Families On Thanksgiving
ABC Chicago: Residents concerned as plans for controversial Brighton Park migrant camp move forward
Chicago Sun Times: Northwest Side pastor pioneers migrant resettlement program through churches
Paul Vallas in the Chicago Tribune: Gov. J.B. Pritzker should use executive powers to take action on migrant crisis
Chicago Sun Times: Shouts, tears, boos from crowd force recess of City Council committee meeting during heated migrant debate
Block Club: Morgan Park Migrant Tent Camp Plans Approved — But For One Year Only
CBS News Chicago: After compromise with local alderman, City Council OKs plan for migrant tent camp in Morgan Park
WTTW: City Council OKs Plan to Transform Former Jewel, Parking Lot on Far South Side Into Migrant Shelter
Chicago Tribune: Oak Park announces it’s temporarily moving 160 migrants from churches to a YMCA and hotel
WGN: Brighton Park residents voice opposition to migrant camp in 12th Ward
Chicago Tribune: President Biden, Illinois and Chicago officials launching a one-stop work permit program for migrants
Blockclub Chicago: "Bring Chicago Home," a tax hike on luxury properties to fight homelessness, gets the green light from Chicago City Council, heads to voter referendum.
Chicago Sun Times: White House, state, city team up for pilot program to help migrants apply for work permits
Fox 32 Chicago: Englewood residents rally against migrant bus arrivals
Axios’ 1 Big Thing: Our sanctuary city’s future
Axios: Chart of the day: Bus arrivals drop
Chicago Sun Times: Venezuelan migrant families in Chicago find comfort in Lake Michigan
Greg Hinz/Crain's: As the whole world watches, will Chicago live up to its immigrant ideals?
Chicago Tribune: As temperatures fall, the number of sick children sleeping outside of police stations increases, migrant advocates say
WTTW: As Temperatures Drop, Volunteers and Medical Professionals Work to Prepare Migrants for a Chicago Winter
CWB Chicago: 1 migrant dies, another survives after being found unresponsive outside Chicago police station
Block Club: Northwest Side Police Officer Collecting Bilingual Books For Migrant Children
ABC Chicago: US Rep. Jonathan Jackson calls for the rest of Illinois to step up as more Chicago migrants arrive.
Chicago Tribune: Homeless Chicagoans also living at police stations alongside migrants.
Chicago Sun Times: In Washington, Mayor Brandon Johnson pushes for more federal help to deal with migrant crisis
WTTW/AP: Brandon Johnson, Other Big City Mayors Get Audience with Biden Administration Officials to Pitch Request for Help with Migrants
Chicago Tribune: Mayor Brandon Johnson in Washington to ask for $5B in migrant funding
Tweets from Paris Schutz and Sen. Dick Durbin: Senator Durbin calls on Biden to offer more federal $$$ to aid in Chicago’s migrant crisis, echoing the pleas for help from local lawmakers
Axios: Chicago City Council punts on sanctuary city debate — for now
Sun Times: City signs lease for site of potential Brighton Park migrant tent camp — leaving local alderperson ‘frustrated and disappointed’
NBC Chicago: Chicago signs land use contract for $91K per month to house migrants in vacant lot in Brighton Park
Block Club: Migrants Sleep Outside In Frigid Temps As City Council Squabbles About What To Do Next
WGN: Chicago residents fed up with lack of communication on migrant housing locations
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices (including interviews with mutual aid and migrant support volunteers)
Associated Press: Chicago and other US cities struggle to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits
Chicago Tribune: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to turn old Jewel-Osco into migrant shelter stalls, but he says ‘winter is not here yet’
Block Club: River North Migrant Shelter Still Being Considered Despite Mayor’s Denials, Alderman Says
Chicago Tribune: Oak Park opens police station, undisclosed shelter to dozens of migrant families housed outdoors in tents as temperatures drop
Capitol Fax: Asylum-seekers coverage roundup
Block Club Chicago podcast: 'You Make Your Table Longer' - The Woman Opening Her Home To Migrants While Battling Terminal Cancer
WBEZ Chicago: The sudden snow is presenting new challenges for thousands of migrants
Front page of the Chicago Tribune: Freezing temperatures, uncertainty and concern among migrants living outside Chicago police stations: ‘How are we going to survive winter here?’ (image below)
In These Times: Cruelties Collide for Migrants in Chicago (Part 2 in a series; Part 1 is here, En español aquí y aquí)
Block Club: Migrant Boy, 6, Hit By Car Outside Of Police Station Tent Camp: ‘They Need A Place Inside’
Awesome Sun Times op-ed by 8th district volunteers Jaime Groth Searle and Adriana Vargas: Opening your minds and ears to migrants leads to open hearts, Chicago
WBEZ Reset: As temperatures drop, how are Chicagoans meeting needs of people living in tents?
Sun Times: Plan for 2nd migrant tent camp at donated Jewel, parking lot clears City Council committee
Block Club: Key City Committee OKs Purchase Of Far South Side Lot To Become Migrant Camp
Block Club: Downtown Alderman Pleased After City Abandons ‘Terrible’ River North ‘Migrant Hotel’ Plan
Alderwoman Julia Ramirez on Twitter: We have requested a second community meeting from the Mayor's Office for the proposed shelter on 38th & California. You can join this virtual meeting for information and updates, as well as provide public comment. Thurs 11/2 6:30-8pm via Zoom. Register: http://bit.ly/ward12shelter
Reporter Laura N. Rodríguez Presa’s tweets from accompanying migrants at a police station in the cold last night:
https://twitter.com/LAURA_N_ROD/status/1719329189545877987
https://twitter.com/LAURA_N_ROD/status/1719321566020849770
https://twitter.com/LAURA_N_ROD/status/1719155327851958781
Sun Times: Plan for 2nd migrant tent camp at donated Jewel, parking lot clears City Council committee
ABC Chicago: Morgan Park residents raise concerns over city's plans for migrant shelter at vacant lot
Alderman Mosley on X: My statement regarding the update on the proposed Asylum-Seeker shelter at 115th and Halsted
WTTW: Vote Set on Plan to Transform Former Jewel, Parking Lot on Far South Side Into Migrant Shelter
NBC Chicago: Roseland residents frustrated over proposal to build migrant shelter
Block Club: More Than 3,400 Migrants Have Been Flown Into Chicago Since June, City Data Shows
Buses are dropping off migrants in the city daily. But cities like New York, Denver and San Antonio are also flying migrants here as they struggle to accommodate new arrivals.
CBS Chicago: West Town residents sue Chicago over possible migrant shelter in industrial building
Chicago Tribune: Chicago officials say trip to Texas helped build collaboration with border cities in addressing migrant crisis
ABC Chicago: Hermosa health clinic offers care specifically for new arrival migrants
Block Club: Uptown Coat Drive A Chance To Donate Clothes, Meet Migrant Neighbors
Sun Times: Chicago-area retiree opens her home to migrants — ‘new family members’ — stuck at police stations
Axios: Chicago quietly renews controversial migrant shelter staffing contract
Block Club: Upcoming Ukrainian Village Migrant Shelter Will Now House Families, City Says
New York Times: Texas Lawmakers Vote to Let Local Police Arrest Migrants
Washington Post: Border crossings by Venezuelans decline as Biden starts deportations
Crain's Chicago Business: Chicago opens up another multimillion-dollar contract for feeding migrants
On Tuesday’s meeting in Brighton Park
Sun Times: ‘Welcoming spirit’ vs. worries over safety: Brighton Park residents at odds over migrant tent plan
Up to 2,000 asylum seekers could be placed in the shelter. Residents expressed concerns over safety at Tuesday’s meeting, but one urged compassion. “We have to have kindness, peace and not be against each other, because we are America,” the 92-year-old resident said.
Chicago Tribune: Protesters scuffle with police ahead of emotional community meeting over tent city for migrants in Brighton Park
Block Club: Neighbors Clash With City Officials Over Plan To House 2,000 Migrants At Brighton Park Tent Camp
While some neighbors spoke in support of the city, many who were opposed shouted things like “Send them back.”
https://twitter.com/jimdaleywrites/status/1717005228342493454/photo/1
Other Topics
Vanity Fair: “We Just Can’t Get in Front of It”: Is Joe Biden Sleeping on Chicago’s Migrant Crisis?
Axios: Why Ukrainian and Latino migrations to Chicago worked out so differently
WBEZ: Rep. Jonathan Jackson wants federal investigation of Texas governor over migrant crisis
Chicago Tribune: Residents’ uprising leads to rejection of multimillion dollar grant for migrant services in Joliet area
New York Times: First Venezuelans Sent Back Under New U.S. Policy Arrive in Caracas The deportation of migrants who had entered the U.S. illegally came as the Biden administration lifted some sanctions against Venezuela.
Chicago Sun Times: Toxic past leads to concern about Brighton Park migrant tent site
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10/23/meeting-on-brighton-park-tent-camp-planned-for-tuesday/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oak-park-migrants-grant-money
Earlier
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@commonlibrary/video/7294063987967233323?_r=1&_t=8guuxH7qFEQ
Capital B News: ‘We All Deserve Help’: Building Black-Latino Solidarity Amid Migrant ‘Crisis’
https://inthesetimes.com/article/how-the-u-s-drove-venezuelans-north