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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

No migrants living in Chicago police stations for first time since spring

Migrants stand in the lobby of the 8th District police station in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Friday, May 5, 2023. For the first time in months, no asylum seekers were sheltered in police stations Saturday. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

For the first time in at least eight months, no asylum seekers were being housed in Chicago police district buildings as of Saturday morning, according to the city.

Nearly 190 new arrivals were still awaiting shelter placement at O’Hare Airport, but the clearing of CPD stations marks an ebb in a crisis that has exhausted city resources and highlighted racial tensions across Chicago.

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