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Naydelin Guerrel takes a brief break as Nelson Serrano puts away groceries from a food pantry at Adalberto United Methodist Church, Sept. 1, 2022, in Chicago. Two buses of migrants from Central and South American countries were bused to Chicago from Texas on Aug. 31. The church was housing more than a dozen migrants from recent busing relocations, including Guerrel, who arrived Wednesday, and Serrano, who arrived on Aug. 16.

Governor signs disaster declaration, calls up National Guard to assist with migrants bused from Texas

September 15, 2022 at 9:21 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a disaster proclamation to secure resources for the asylum-seekers bused to Illinois from Texas and has deployed 75 National Guard members to assist with the...

A young migrant traveling in from Texas to Union Station in Chicago waves as his family waits to depart to temporary housing on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Illinois firma declaración de desastre, Guardia Nacional ayudará con inmigrantes enviados desde Texas

September 14, 2022 at 2:52 p.m.

El gobernador de Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, firma una proclamación de desastre para asegurar recursos para los solicitantes de asilo transportados en autobús a Illinois desde Texas y despliega a 75...

Rain Standley holds a photo of her sister, Martina Standley, on Sept. 13, 2022, who died in January 2022.

Woman struck in 2019 by Chicago police SUV died in January, leaving family with questions

September 13, 2022 at 9:45 p.m.

Forestine Williams stood in the South Shore location Tuesday morning where her daughter, Martina Standley, was struck by a Chicago police SUV almost three years ago. Now her daughter has...

Police officers take pictures of the Padilla family dressed in ornate costumes at the end of the Pilsen Mexican Independence Day Parade, Sept. 10, 2022.

‘It was all so good,’ says 12-year-old parade-goer as hundreds lined Pilsen street for Chicago’s 20th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade

September 11, 2022 at 7:19 a.m.

Santiago and Vanessa Alvarez brought their two boys, Mikel, 10, and Matteo, 12, to Pilsen Saturday afternoon to have them experience for the first time their local Mexican heritage parading...

A young migrant traveling from Texas to Union Station in Chicago waves as his family waits to heads to temporary housing on Sept. 9, 2022.

More migrants from Texas arrive in Chicago, the fourth group of buses in less than two weeks

March 6, 2024 at 11:40 a.m.

Nearly 100 more migrants arrived from Texas on Friday in buses at Union Station, making it the fourth round of asylum-seekers sent to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in...

Matilde Menendez relaxes with other migrants from Venezuela outside of the Hampton Inn & Suites in suburban Burr Ridge on Sept. 8, 2022.

As more migrants are expected to arrive in Chicago, others wait in a Burr Ridge hotel for a final step: ‘I’m grateful but I also feel stuck here’

March 6, 2024 at 11:36 a.m.

Sitting under a tree on the grass next to a hotel in a southwest suburb of Chicago, several migrant families from Venezuela were talking, still wondering why they had been...

Chicago police officers in the city's West Englewood neighborhood on Aug. 11, 2022.

Report paints ‘bleak picture’ of perceptions of Chicago police among young Black and Latino men

September 2, 2022 at 12:42 p.m.

Though the Chicago Police Department is years into efforts to reform and rebuild trust among communities, young Black and Latino men persist in having negative perceptions of and interactions with...

Migrants sent by Texas Gov. Abbott arrive in Chicago: ‘Our city is prepared. We’re a welcoming city,’ Mayor Lightfoot says

March 6, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

Seventy-five migrants who arrived in Texas were dropped off at Chicago's Union Station on Wednesday night, officials said. Ryan Johnson, a representative for Mayor Lori Lightfoot, confirmed the information. "Chicago...

Un grupo de inmigrantes recibe hamburguesas de Ricky Medina, mientras esperan un autobús de la CTA que los llevará a un refugio en Chicago, tras llegar a Union Station procedentes de Texas, el miércoles 31 de agosto de 2022 en Chicago, Ill

Ahora Chicago es la parada más reciente de inmigrantes enviados desde Texas. Son bienvenidos, dice la alcaldía

March 6, 2024 at 11:33 a.m.

Setenta y cinco inmigrantes enviados desde Texas fueron dejados en la Union Station de Chicago el miércoles por la noche, dijeron las autoridades. Ryan Johnson, representante de la alcaldesa Lori...

Texas manda inmigrantes a Chicago, los deja en Union Station

March 6, 2024 at 11:33 a.m.

Aproximadamente 60 inmigrantes provenientes de Texas fueron dejados en Union Station de Chicago el miércoles por la noche, informaron autoridades. Ryan Johnson, representante de la alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot, lo confirmó....

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