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Reynaldo Perdoma, 14, right, talks with his father Yohan Perdomo, 37, outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side on Monday Sept. 9, 2024, in Chicago. Reynaldo and his father Yohan have been sleeping in the truck outside the shelter while Reynaldo attends school nearby. Recently the city announced it would be closing the shelter on Oct. 1st. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

As shelters close, a CPS migrant family sleeps in a truck to stay close to school

September 10, 2024 at 7:26 p.m.

The city is closing migrant shelters, which has a negative impact upon the children living in them who are students at Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling presents the Chicago city flag to Beth Carter, sister of former Officer James Crowley, following his funeral on Sept. 4, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago police Officer Jim Crowley laid to rest after suffering brain injury 37 years ago

September 5, 2024 at 10:38 a.m.

Police officers filled the pews of a Mount Greenwood church Wednesday morning to say goodbye to former Chicago police Officer James B. Crowley, who died from traumatic brain injuries he...

Officers respond to a call for service after a group of migrants with weapons and motorcycles were reported in a residential building's courtyard in the 6100 block of South King Drive on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in Chicago. No police report was generated from the call. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Experts say anti-immigrant rhetoric led to viral — and incorrect — allegations of a migrant takeover

September 3, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Experts say that anti-immigrant rhetoric that has intensified in the last several weeks ahead of the presidential election in November led to viral — and incorrect — allegations by right-wing...

Yamile Pérez, de 28 años, sostiene a su hija Keinymar Ávila, de 8 años, mientras posa para un retrato en su casa en el vecindario South Shore de Chicago el 7 de agosto de 2024. Ávila tiene microcefalia, una afección en la que la cabeza de un bebé es más pequeña de lo normal, lo que provoca convulsiones, retrasos en el desarrollo y discapacidad intelectual. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Dos años después de que una ola de migrantes empezó a llegar a Chicago, muchos ya se establecieron y otros siguen luchando

September 13, 2024 at 2:55 p.m.

Más de 47,200 migrantes, en su mayoría de Venezuela, han pasado por el área de Chicago y decenas de miles se han establecido aquí.

Yamile Perez, 28, holds her daughter Keinymar Avila, 8, while posing for a portrait in their home in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago on Aug. 7, 2024. Avila has microcephaly — a condition where a baby’s head is smaller than normal causing seizures, developmental delays and intellectual disability.(Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Two years after migrants began to arrive, many have settled in Chicago even as some continue to struggle

September 13, 2024 at 2:55 p.m.

More than 47,200 — mostly from Venezuela — have passed through Chicagoland, and tens of thousands have settled here.

Dee Henderson, 66, looks toward the United Center from her back porch while crews prepare for the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 12, 2024. Henderson has lived in her house since 1974. She said the whole spectacle of the DNC has been nothing short of a “nuisance." (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

What life is like when the DNC is your neighbor for a week: ‘They caged me in’

August 23, 2024 at 5:56 p.m.

As crowds roared inside the United Center at the DNC, the whole spectacle has been nothing short of a “nuisance” for Dee Henderson.

Immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S., who are stuck in a makeshift camp between the U.S.-Mexico border walls, sit as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer keeps watch while other migrants are lined up to be transported on May 13, 2023, in San Diego. Some of the migrants at the open-air camp have been waiting for days for a chance to plead for asylum while local volunteer groups provide food and other necessities. (Mario Tama/Getty)

Study reveals anti-immigrant speeches sway voters based on rhetoric and not lived experiences

August 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

As campaigns for the upcoming presidential election in November begin to sharpen their positions on immigration, a new study reveals that anti-immigrant speeches sway voters purely based on rhetoric and...

Migrants depart a bus after 4 a.m. for the second time after traveling from El Paso, Texas, to a Metra station in Glen Ellyn on Jan. 5, 2024. After arriving around midnight in Glen Ellyn the migrants were not able to board the last train of the evening and Glen Ellyn police had to ask the bus they traveled in to return so the migrants would have a warm place to wait before the next train around 5 a.m. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago not expecting migrant surge ahead of DNC, city official says

August 15, 2024 at 10:41 a.m.

Chicago’s top migrant official is walking back a prediction from city leaders last month that tens of thousands of migrants would arrive by bus ahead of next week’s Democratic National...

Officers move a group of migrants across the street while Roger Romanelli, executive director of the Fulton Market Association, talks with reporters outside a migrant shelter on West Walnut Street on Aug. 13, 2024, in Chicago. A group of residents and business owners are asking the city to move the shelter. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Some business owners and residents near United Center, home to upcoming DNC, want nearby migrant shelter moved

August 14, 2024 at 6:40 a.m.

A group of business owners and residents near the United Center say that they’re being negatively impacted by the hundreds of migrants who are living at a nearby shelter and...

A migrant sits on the sidewalk while attempting to get work in the Home Depot parking lot along West 87th Street on Aug. 9, 2024, in Chicago. Earlier in the week a migrant was shot by a security guard in a parking lot near the Home Depot. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Migrant shot as tensions rise between day laborers and law enforcement officers at Home Depot

August 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

As migrants struggle to obtain legal work authorization — a process that takes months — many look for work in Home Depot parking lots.

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