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Dozens of protesters demand a stop to a proposed tent city for migrants at 3800 S. California Ave. in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood on Oct. 19, 2023.

Ald. Julia Ramirez swarmed at protest over construction of migrant tent city in Brighton Park

March 11, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.

A City Council member had to be escorted by police out of an unruly crowd Thursday morning that was protesting against the tentative plan by Mayor Brandon Johnson to erect...

Decenas de manifestantes exigen que se detenga la propuesta ciudad de tiendas de campaña para migrantes en la propiedad de la ciudad en 3800 S. California Ave., en Chicago, el jueves 19 de octubre de 2023.

Concejal Julia Ramírez apabullada y escoltada de protesta contra construcción de ciudad de tiendas de campaña para migrantes en Brighton Park

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

Cientos de residentes se reunieron en Brighton Park el jueves por la mañana para protestar contra el plan tentativo del alcalde Brandon Johnson de erigir tiendas de campaña preparadas para...

Tents sprout out along the 3300 block of west Ogden Avenue, outside the 10th District Chicago Police Station in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, as the ongoing arrival of migrants prepare for the cold and the wind, sure to arrive in the coming days. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Una bienvenida no tan cálida para miles de inmigrantes que ahora duermen al aire libre en Chicago

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

Frangeny Mendoza, de 27 años, se acurrucó en una fina manta de lana del Ejército de Salvación junto a su marido, Pedro Matos, de 30 años, y su hijo de...

Migrants follow an official after getting off a warming bus near West Polk Street and South Desplaines Street in the West Loop on Dec. 31, 2023.

A not-so-warm welcome for thousands of migrants now sleeping outside in Chicago

August 5, 2024 at 8:58 a.m.

Frangeny Mendoza, 27, huddled on a thin fleece Salvation Army blanket next to her husband, Pedro Matos, 30, and 8-year-old son, Ediomar, Tuesday night in Edna White Century Garden, which...

New deportation flights to Venezuela concern immigration advocates as Mayor Johnson continues his call for more aid

March 11, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.

President Joe Biden's decision Thursday to resume deportation flights of Venezuelans sparked concern among immigration advocates Friday even as details about the policy shift remained murky. It was not immediately...

Ivan Velazquez, 8, and his father, Nahin Velazquez, wait for the gates to open for a match between the Chicago Fire and Inter Miami at Soldier Field on Oct. 4, 2023. International superstar Lionel Messi was suddenly not expected to appear.

Fans react to Lionel Messi’s absence at Chicago Fire game: ‘I’m not mad, just disappointed’

October 5, 2023 at 8:29 a.m.

Star soccer player Lionel Messi being a no-show for Wednesday's night's Chicago Fire game wasn't a deal breaker for Miguel Hernandez, despite paying more than four times the ticket price...

A bicyclist rides past an empty warehouse at 2241 S. Halsted St. in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 2, 2023. The building is the possible future site of a migrant shelter and the topic of a community meeting at Benito Juarez Community Academy auditorium Monday night.

Backlash to arriving migrants grows in Latino community as new shelter opens in Pilsen

March 11, 2024 at 12:35 p.m.

A new shelter opened in Pilsen Tuesday amid growing backlash from some in the Latino community who feel that immigration reform and the neighborhood's recent property tax hike has taken...

Ruben "Pepe" Olivares, pushes his elote cart over a mile down Commercial Avenue to cater an event on Sept. 29, 2023. Olivares, a beloved elotero in the South Side of Chicago was robbed at gunpoint in mid-September on the corner where he has set shop for over a decade.

After armed robbery, South Chicago rallies around beloved elotero and raises money well beyond what he lost

October 1, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

The corner of 91st Street and Houston Avenue, next to a youth arts center in South Chicago, is not the same without Pepe's elote cart, neighbors say. He has been...

People walk past as a police SUV is parked on the grounds of Pritzker Park in the 300 block of South State Street in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2023.

As migrants clash near high-volume shelters, neighbors and businesses grow alarmed: ‘We don’t feel safe’

March 11, 2024 at 12:38 p.m.

Over the weekend, a fight broke out near the 1,163-resident migrant shelter at the former Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court, just the latest brawl to be caught on camera...

Deivis Mendoza, 24, from left, Christian Sarmiento, 34, and Miguel Parra, 37, all from Venezuela, stand near a Home Depot on West 87th Street while looking for work, Sept. 21, 2023, in Chicago.

Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Johnson cheer Biden administration’s expansion of work permits, protections to Venezuelan migrants

March 11, 2024 at 12:39 p.m.

While Illinois and Chicago leaders on Thursday rejoiced at the news that President Joe Biden will grant temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who have crossed...

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