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Chicago migrants: Mayor Brandon Johnson extends deadline for evicting migrants from city-run shelters
CHICAGO (WLS) — Hundreds of migrants faced eviction on Feb. 1 from shelters this week as part of the city’s 60-day eviction policy, but at the urging of several alderpersons and mutual aid groups, Mayor Brandon Johnson has extended the deadline for a third time. Mid-March is the new date for the first wave of […]
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Chicago migrant crisis: Mayor Johnson addresses shelter plans amid winter storm; Gov. JB Pritzker sends letter to Gov. Greg Abbott
CHICAGO (WLS) — Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed the migrant crisis again Friday and what his administration is doing to try and keep asylum seekers safe. The city is preparing for dangerously cold temperatures as a major winter storm moves through the Chicago area. Many new arrivals come into the city only wearing gym shoes, shorts, […]
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