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Fabián Méndez stands next to girlfriend Yolexi Cubillan while holding their newborn, Derick Alexander Cubillan, at the University of Chicago Medical Center on Sept. 3, 2023, in Chicago.

A home for the holidays: How one migrant family remembers their past to help define their future in Chicago

July 18, 2024 at 5:52 a.m.

Unbeknown to the children of the Mendez family, Christmas for their mother, Esperanza, was a game of counting — counting hours, counting bills. The Mendezes, who settled in Chicago after...

North Side woman accused of defacing businesses, Jewish school with antisemitic messages, swastikas

December 30, 2023 at 6:03 p.m.

A Rogers Park woman faces felony hate crime charges for allegedly defacing multiple buildings, including a North Side Jewish elementary school with antisemitic graffiti and Nazi symbols. Mariana Lynch, 30,...

A police vehicle is seen parked beside a Gage Park migrant shelter on 55th Street after a shooting occurred across the street on Dec. 23, 2023.

Man dead after shooting outside city migrant shelter in Gage Park

December 25, 2023 at 10:35 a.m.

A man died after he was shot outside a city-run shelter for migrants in Gage Park Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The 28-year-old man, who other migrants said they knew, was...

From left, Yanitza Rico, 16, Omar Smith, 1, their mother Anna Vaccaro, 40, her husband Jose Orellana, 38, and their child Gianfranco Matute, 8, all from Venezuela, sit at O'Hare International Airport after arriving in Chicago by plane the previous day Wednesday Dec. 20, 2023 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Los inmigrantes llegaron a Chicago desde Texas en un vuelo chárter, según las autoridades

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Los inmigrantes llegaron a Chicago desde Texas en un vuelo fletado el martes por la noche, en el último esfuerzo del estado por enviar personas a la ciudad santuario después...

A memorial for Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero on the ground next to candles during a vigil for the 5-year-old who died over the weekend at a Lower West Side shelter on Dec. 20, 2023.

Vigil for 5-year-old migrant boy draws hundreds; advocates demand better

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

Hundreds gathered outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side Wednesday night, three days after a 5-year-old migrant staying there died in a medical emergency that has confused and...

Yanitza Rico, 16, from left, Omar Smith, 1, their mother Anna Vaccaro, 40, her husband Jose Orellana, 38, and their child Gianfranco Matute, 8, all from Venezuela, eat at O'Hare International Airport on Dec. 20, 2023, after arriving in Chicago by private plane Tuesday.

Migrants flown to Chicago from Texas on chartered flight, officials say

March 11, 2024 at 12:13 p.m.

Migrants were flown to Chicago from Texas on a chartered flight Tuesday night in the state's latest effort to ship people to the sanctuary city after buses carrying migrants have...

Una ambulancia afuera de un refugio para inmigrantes cerca de la cuadra 2300 de South Halsted Street donde vivía Jean Carlos Martínez Rivero, de 5 años, el 19 de diciembre de 2023. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Las autoridades investigan la muerte de un niño inmigrante de 5 años mientras el pastor dice que los padres siguen devastados

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Las autoridades investigan la muerte el domingo de un niño de 5 años que había permanecido en el interior de un almacén del Lower West Side que albergaba a varios...

An ambulance outside a migrant shelter near the 2300 block of South Halsted Street where 5-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero was living on Dec. 19, 2023.

Authorities investigate death of 5-year-old migrant boy as pastor says parents remain devastated

March 11, 2024 at 12:13 p.m.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 5-year-old boy Sunday who had been staying inside a warehouse on the Lower West Side housing several thousand migrants. The parents of Jean...

A group of migrants exit a bus after traveling from Texas in the West Loop neighborhood Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

El Ayuntamiento ha perdido toda comunicación sobre las bajas de inmigrantes desde las nuevas sanciones, según un funcionario

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Los inmigrantes ya no son dejados en la zona de desembarco de la ciudad en autobuses procedentes de la frontera sur, lo que provoca que la gente deambule sin rumbo...

Juan, a 7-year-old from San Juan del Rio, Mexico, grabs a piece of clothing from a pile of donated items on Dec. 18, 2023, outside a migrant shelter near the 2300 block of South Halsted Street in Chicago. Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, 5, who was staying at the shelter was transported to Comer Children's Hospital and pronounced dead at the hospital Sunday.

After mother’s cry for help and CPR, 5-year-old migrant boy dies during Chicago shelter stay, authorities say

March 11, 2024 at 12:13 p.m.

A 5-year-old migrant boy staying at a Pilsen shelter died Sunday evening after a medical emergency, authorities said, capping what has been a tumultuous 16 months for over 26,000 migrants...

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