Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday vowed to fight the incoming Trump administration’s plans to crack down on illegal ...

At the peak of Chicago's migrant crisis, 12 to 15 buses from Texas arrived daily, with the city forced to have migrants sleep on the floors of police stations and airports while they waited for ...

Illinois has spent nearly $3 billion in the last two years to cover the costs of illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers living in the state.

Blue Island Ave., in May 2023. Johnson also wants more federal funding for policing and violence intervention, as well as for ...

The Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution that aimed to reaffirm its commitment to protecting immigrant students and ...

In South Portland, Maine, property taxes have increased to pay for the migrant crisis and the mayor has advised elderly residents to re-mortgage their houses to pay them Chicago faces a $1 billion ...

"So, we are now able to shift from a large-scale crisis response to a more ... shelters will be eliminated. RELATED: Chicago to close Little Village migrant shelter, state says Beginning Jan ...

CHICAGO — Chicago’s migrant shelters will be shut down at ... his administration for getting past an earlier humanitarian crisis while brushing off concerns of shrinking bed capacity that ...

There was a time earlier this year that Chicago and the State of Illinois was opening a new migrant shelter every ... now able to shift from a large-scale crisis response to a more cost effective ...

With the abrogation of immigration policies aimed at deterrence, prevention, and removal—coupled with executive actions that ...

Members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights say more funding is needed as they worry the city's plan to merge shelter systems will lead to thousands of people sleeping on ...