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Plan to house migrants at former Chicago school delayed amid community pushback; mayor says city is...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOutside a former South Side elementary school that was chosen to shelter migrants arriving in...
2 Woodlawn residents block bus as migrants move into temporary shelter at former Wadsworth...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMigrants began to move into a former school-turned-shelter Thursday in the Woodlawn neighborhood despite continued resistance from some nearby residents. Even after several community meetings ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Bernie Sanders, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. protest against ‘Willis wagons’...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was arrested in Chicago 60 years ago this week. Then a 21-year-old...
As migrants move into shelters, surrounding communities respond: ‘They have value’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCHICAGO -- On a recent sunny afternoon in Chicago's Woodlawn area, more than a dozen men from Venezuela gathered in a parking lot outside a shuttered elementary school that is now a shelter ...
Migrants staying at police station turned away from Chicago school: ‘They didn’t have people who...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCHICAGO -- It was the first day of school Monday, but 6-year-old Hassly Cespedes stood in line at a...
Influx of migrants to Chicago places a strain on city resources; city moving forward with temporary...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe strain on Chicago’s resources from a continued influx of migrants was underscored this week when Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked the state for $54 million in emergency funding and her administration ...
Man charged with shooting and critically injuring 25-year-old near migrant shelter in Woodlawn
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA man has been charged with aggravated battery for shooting a 25-year-old and leaving him in...
Chicago’s cost to care for migrants arriving since August tops $100 million
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCHICAGO -- The city of Chicago has spent more than $100 million to provide help and services to the...
Afternoon Briefing: 2 Woodlawn residents block bus as migrants begin moving into shelter
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGood afternoon, Chicago. Migrants have begun to move into a former school-turned-shelter today in the Woodlawn neighborhood despite continued resistance from some nearby residents. Even after ...
Tensions rise over migrant shelters amid conflicts with Chicago residents and canceled park...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCHICAGO — A bloc of aldermen want to force a special City Council meeting on Chicago’s response to...