Chicago Migrants

A Chicago church is working to help asylum-seeking migrants secure work permits, legal resources and housing, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A 5-year old boy, Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, who was found unresponsive at a Pilsen migrant shelter in December, died as a result of sepsis due to strep; COVID-19 and two other viral infections were listed as contributing factors, NBC 5 Investigates learned late Friday from Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Illinois and Cook County officials announced a partnership Thursday approving approximately $250 million in funding to help the city of Chicago address an influx of migrants, but the city appears to be several steps way from fulfilling its portion of the announced agreement.

A partnership for migrant funding between the Illinois, Cook County and Chicago governments is left uncertain after Chicago backed out of the deal, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The migrant crisis has cost the state of Illinois and city of Chicago hundreds of millions of dollars, but it also has meant business expansion for some vendors.      

Important details regarding the location of potential new shelters for asylum-seeking migrants remain up in the air after a meeting between Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Three key officials in charge of coordinating the response to the ongoing migrant situation in Chicago met on Monday at City Hall, according to NBC Chicago Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration will use $79 million in federal COVID relief money to help pay for costs associated with Favorite Healthcare Staffing – the Kansas-based company the city hired to staff the city’s migrant shelters, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration will use $79 million in federal COVID relief money to help pay for costs associated with Favorite Healthcare Staffing – the Kansas-based company the city hired to staff the city’s migrant shelters, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.

Lexi Sutter has the latest reactions after Chicago moves to delay the departures of migrants from city-run shelters.

A 16-year-old asylum-seeker was reported missing in the West Loop on Monday.

Under pressure from City Council members, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday pushed back — until mid-March at the earliest — the city’s plan to evict migrants living in the city’s 28 shelters after 60 days. Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern has the story.

The Latino caucus in Chicago City Council met on Thursday to address concerns over the conditions at a Pilsen migrant shelter, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on Wednesday that the housing of migrants at hotels will not continue as city and state officials continue to scramble for solutions for Chicago’s migrant crisis, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A Texas bus company has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Chicago alleging the city’s recent ordinance aimed at deterring buses from dropping off migrants unannounced is “unconstitutional” and “punishes” transportation companies who do business with Texas.

A Texas bus company has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Chicago alleging the city’s recent ordinance aimed at deterring buses from dropping off migrants unannounced is “unconstitutional” and “punishes” transportation companies who do business with Texas, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Illinois lawmakers made addressing Chicago’s migrant crisis a priority early on in their legislative session to begin 2024, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

City officials are struggling to find ample care for the increasing amount of asylum-seeking migrants arriving to Chicago as extreme cold weather moves into the area, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

With the Chicago area facing its second winter storm of the week ahead of an arctic blast of frigid temperatures, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a stern letter to his Texas counterpart, pleading with the governor to pause the sending of migrant buses and planes to the Chicago area with dangerously cold temperatures expected next week.

With only a map, and a helpful Metra police officer to guide them, almost 30 migrants placed on trains in the suburbs made the last leg of their journey to the official city landing center on foot this week as bitter cold and heavy snow approach.