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Biden migrant work permit clinic launches in Chicago

The clinic opening comes amid a backlog of migrants in shelters awaiting housing through a state program. Quick access to work permits could change that.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago migrant arrivals: Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to resettle asylum-seekers from shelters, but it won’t be immediate

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is turning its focus to resettling asylum-seekers amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis that’s seen thousands of new arrivals since last August.

Chicago Tribune

Fellowship equips community members as nonlegal representatives in immigration cases

CHICAGO — For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said.

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Influx of migrants to Chicago places a strain on city resources; city moving forward with temporary shelter

CHICAGO — The 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 confirmed it will open a shelter at a former school in Woodlawn to temporarily house asylum-seekers.

Chicago Tribune

As more migrants are expected to arrive in Chicago, others wait in a hotel in nearby suburb for a final step: ‘I’m grateful but I also feel stuck here’

CHICAGO — Sitting under a tree on the grass next to a hotel in a southwest suburb of Chicago, several migrant families from Venezuela were talking, still wondering why they had been relocated so far from the city in which they arrived.

Chicago Tribune

Third group of migrants settling in after arrival from Texas, Chicago officials say

CHICAGO — A group of more than 100 migrants arrived in Chicago Wednesday afternoon from the Texas border, city officials confirmed.

Chicago Tribune

With Congress gridlocked, advocates say it’s up to state and local lawmakers to protect the undocumented elderly

CHICAGO — Long ago, Veronica Ortega gave up hope that federal immigration reform would come and pave a path to citizenship for her and her husband.

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