asylum seekers Archives – South Side Weekly

Alders Urge Mayor to Drop Sixty-Day Shelter Limit for Asylum Seekers

by Jim Daley January 25, 2024January 28, 2024

A letter signed by a broad group of alderpersons criticized the city’s handling of the influx of migrants and called on Johnson to appoint a chief homelessness officer.

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Vigils for Gaza journalists and migrant child’s death

by South Side Weekly December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

Op-Ed: A Camp is Never a Solution

by Melissa Gatter November 20, 2023November 20, 2023

Q&A: Expert Voices on Migration and the Humanitarian Crisis

by Alma Campos and Wendy Wei November 17, 2023November 18, 2023

At a NYC Reticketing Site, Some Migrants Are Choosing Chicago

by Wendy Wei and Oscar B. Castillo November 17, 2023November 18, 2023

UN Specialist Warned City Council Tent Camps Could Become Permanent

by Wendy Wei, Jim Daley and Matt Chapman October 27, 2023November 18, 2023

Brightly colored camping tents line the south wall outside the 12th District police station. A few asylum seekers are outside the tents; one is riding a blue Divvy bike across a wide, green field of grass in the foreground. The Sears/Willis Tower rises above the District on the right, where a large tree provides shade. A church steeple is in the background on the left. The sky is clear and blue.

Company Building Asylum Seeker Camps Ran Troubled Detention Facilities in Canada, Texas

by Jim Daley September 20, 2023September 23, 2023

Hyde Park Divided Over City Plan To House Migrants

by Michael Liptrot, Hannah Faris and Hyde Park Herald September 8, 2023September 14, 2023

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FEMA relief for flooded homeowners

by South Side Weekly September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

Portrait-style image of Stacy Davis Gates, sitting in the third row of a classroom, facing away from the front of the classroom. At the far wall is a blank whiteboard, out of focus. She is wearing a red t-shirt with the words "Free People Read Freely" in white lettering, and she is smiling broadly.

Stacy Davis Gates on Mayor Johnson, Elected School Board, Asylum Seekers, and More

by Jim Daley August 21, 2023August 21, 2023