{"id":2283068,"date":"2024-06-25T09:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evictions-at-chicago-homeless-shelters-force-out-migrants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:25:09","slug":"evictions-at-chicago-homeless-shelters-force-out-migrants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evictions-at-chicago-homeless-shelters-force-out-migrants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Evictions at Chicago homeless shelters force out migrants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fevictions-at-chicago-homeless-shelters-force-out-migrants-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2283068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A significant number of migrants, around 1,000, who recently \u200carrived\u200d in Chicago after crossing the U.S. \u200dsouthern border, have been moved out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-adams-demands-1-billion-to-help-with-migrants\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor Adams Demands  Billion to Help With Migrants\">taxpayer-funded shelters<\/a> due to a new 60-day stay limit implemented by the \u2062city. Previously, these migrants had been residing \u2063in city- and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-governor-declares-emergency-over-immigrants-this-is-a-national-issue\/\" title=\"Massachusetts governor declares immigration emergency, emphasizes national significance.\">state-funded shelters<\/a> for several months due to challenges in obtaining work documents and securing affordable housing. The policy, introduced by Chicago \u200bofficials in March, was developed to manage shelter resources effectively and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mask-mandates-and-vaccine-requirements-reinstated-in-some-counties\/\" title=\"Mask mandates and vaccine requirements reintroduced in select counties.\">maintain public health<\/a>. Some of these displaced migrants have\u200c managed to\u2062 find alternative living arrangements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Approximately 1,000 migrants who arrived in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chicago<\/a> seeking help from the city after illegally crossing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>southern border <\/a>were forced out of taxpayer-funded shelters this month, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>As of this week, more than 1,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>migrants<\/a> residing in city- and state-funded shelters across Chicago have departed the shelters because of the city\u2019s recently implemented 60-day limit on housing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/immigration\/2024\/06\/24\/chicagos-migrant-shelter-population-down-by-more-than-half-since-evictions-began-this-spring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> WBEZ Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago said in March that it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2024\/march\/shelter-stay-update.html#:~:text=As%20has%20been%20the%20process,the%20health%20of%20all%20Chicagoans.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>impose <\/a>a two-month cap on stays at homeless shelters across the city, where thousands of migrants have lived for many months unable to get work documents and afford actual housing.<\/p>\n<p>While some migrants have been able to seek asylum in the United States since arriving in Chicago and received work permits to get jobs six months after initiating the asylum process, others have not.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics posted online by the city indicate Chicago has received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/texas-new-arrivals\/home\/Dashboard.html#:~:text=Since%20August%2031%2C%202022%2C%20the,the%20City's%20new%20arrivals%20response.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>more than 43,000<\/a> migrants from Texas since June 2023, when Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) began providing state-funded transportation to alleviate the pressure on his state\u2019s infrastructure as thousands of migrants who crossed the border daily were seeking buses and flights to other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Last winter, more than 15,000 migrants were living in Chicago shelters at the height of arrivals. That figure has dropped to 6,300 migrants housed across 17 regional shelters.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 625 migrants of the 1,000 who were evicted recently have returned to the city\u2019s migrant headquarters center to ask for new assistance with housing, according to WBEZ Chicago<em>.<\/em> Nearly all have been re-admitted into the shelter system.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the city council\u2019s Latino caucus asked Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson to halt the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-announces-new-60-day-limit-for-migrants-city-shelters-reach-max-capacity\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor sets 60-day cap for migrants, shelters full\">60-day cap<\/a> on shelter for migrants.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/WWW.WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to end @ChicagoMayor 60 Day Eviction Policy, which increases homelessness when there are enough beds. Many thanks to the @ChiLatinoCaucus and our colleague @lenihoppenworth for signing on to this letter! We ask other alders, electeds, and groups to join us,\u201d the Latino caucus said in a post to X on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, Illinois offered emergency rent assistance in the form of housing vouchers for migrants to quality for housing outside shelters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, over 1,000 migrants, previously housed in taxpayer-funded shelters in Chicago after crossing the southern border, were compelled to leave, a recent report reveals. 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