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Los recién llegados empezarán a instalarse en el refugio a mediados de abril, según informó la oficina del alcalde Brandon Johnson.
New arrivals will begin moving into the shelter mid-April, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said.
En el primer aniversario de su elección como alcalde, Johnson anunció una carta que firmó con dirigentes de otras ciudades en la que se instaba a Biden a presionar más al congreso para conseguir más permisos de trabajo para los inmigrantes.
The city is considering applying for a $20 million pot of money from Cook County meant to support suburbs to help migrants.
Arab American community in Chicago says data from new racial category could help address disparities
The federal change to how Arab Americans will be identified in future census surveys comes after Illinois passed a law that added Middle Eastern or North African as a distinct racial category.
A spokesman for the nonprofit says the move to break up the organization was necessary to protect the “long-term viability” of the services provided by the organization founded by Jane Addams in 1888.
La gala “Bienvenidos A Casa”, que se celebrará el sábado, servirá para ayudar a financiar las viviendas que han servido de consuelo a los migrantes recién llegados.
On the first anniversary of his election as mayor, Johnson touted a letter he signed with leaders from other cities urging Biden to push harder for more work permits for immigrants.
Cristina Pacione-Zayas, tras haber pasado los últimos 11 meses como principal adjunta de Rich Guidice, era la elección natural para sustituir a Guidice.
The Chicago Department of Public Health would not reveal the number of TB cases or identify shelters. A health department spokesperson said, “I would not characterize this as an outbreak.”
The Bienvenidos A Casa gala on Saturday will support housing that has provided solace for newly arrived migrants.
Cristina Pacione-Zayas, having spent the last 11 months learning the ropes of city government as Rich Guidice’s top deputy, was the natural choice to replace Guidice.
El Comité de Derechos de Inmigrantes y Refugiados presentó el jueves una ordenanza que proporcionaría más información sobre quién se ve afectado por la política de desalojo.
Se anticipa que en las próximas semanas se traslade a más de 730 solicitantes de asilo de cinco localidades del Distrito de Parques de Chicago.
Chinese American Service League in Chicago’s Chinatown unites community groups under the coalition Change InSight to gain better data on Asian Americans, who have the city’s second-highest poverty rate.
More than 730 asylum seekers are expected to be moved from five Chicago Park District locations in the coming weeks: Brands Park, Gage Park, Leone Beach Boathouse, Broadway Armory Park and Piotrowski Park.
The resident was exposed during their time at a migrant shelter. They have recovered and are no longer contagious, the Cook County Department of Public Health said.
The construction workers gave their lives as they worked to maintain the bridge, doing a job that too few Americans are either able or trained to take.
Two weeks after the migrant eviction policy went into effect in Chicago, members of the Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights said not enough information on migrants exiting the shelter system has been provided.
Pero los residentes que viven cerca de la casa de campo de Gage Park dicen que trasladar a los migrantes convertirá el problema en “un problema para otro vecindario”.
Children ages 4 and younger account for 21 of the city’s total cases, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Officials say vaccination is the best way to prevent measles and stop its spread.
“La gran mayoría de los residentes de Chicago (más del 90 por ciento) están protegidos contra el sarampión mediante la vacuna MMR”, dijo el director ejecutivo de CPS, Pedro Martínez.
Residents at the Pilsen migrant shelter should receive a second measles shot 28 days after their first one, the city’s Department of Public Health advised.
Still, residents living near the Gage Park field house say moving migrants is going to make the issue “another neighborhood’s problem.”
Feeding the migrants has cost the city more than $31 million, while the Greater Chicago Food Depository has spent more than $17.6 million in public and private funds. The city has brought on new caterers to feed South American migrants in temporary shelters.
The Illinois Independent Drivers Guild says there are about 40 drivers in the Chicago area with income, in some cases thousands of dollars, that has been withheld by Lyft over alleged tax paperwork issues.
A poll taken of 700 registered Illinois voters purports to show which of those ideas has strong support and which do not.
Venezuela, where most of the migrants come from, used to have relatively high vaccination rates but, due to instability there, rates have plummeted and measles cases have increased.
The donation, given to the Instituto del Progreso Latino, comes as the nonprofit’s funds for rental assistance are running low.
The city began evicting migrants from its 23 shelters, affecting potentially 2,000 people by the end of April. Alderpersons are calling for a halt and greater transparency.