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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Migrants won’t get booted from shelters next week, city says, while migrants at ‘landing zone’ stuck on buses as snowstorm hits Chicago

Asylum seekers stand inside a Chicago Transit Authority warming bus at Chicago’s designated landing zone for new migrant arrivals at 800 S. Desplaines St. in the West Loop during a snowstorm Friday. (Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times)

As a powerful snowstorm and below-freezing temps bear down on Chicago, the city announced migrants facing eviction from shelters next week won’t get booted — though those at the city’s designated “landing zone” for new arrivals remain confined to buses.

The city had planned to evict dozens of migrants who had reached the 60-day limit starting Tuesday, but, citing the extreme cold, officials set back the exit date a week at a news conference Friday.

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