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The announcement comes as state, county and city officials say they need another $321 million to continue providing housing and services to migrants this year, a news release said.

Thursday’s vote — after an emotional debate that forced Mayor Brandon Johnson call for decorum four times — reaffirms the Council’s symbolic commitment to police reform and accountability, but the victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies may be both short lived and pyrrhic.

The Haven on Lincoln will offer social services and prioritize neighbors already in the area. Most will be referred to the organization from Swedish Hospital, the local police station and other groups.

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson preempted an outcry from migrants and their supporters Monday, announcing he would not enforce a looming Thursday deadline to start kicking recent arrivals out of city-run shelters. On the eve of a Chicago City Council hearing called to probe conditions at the city’s migrant landing zone and shelters and days before thousands were scheduled to be evicted from ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson preempted an outcry from migrants and their supporters Monday, announcing he would not enforce a looming Thursday deadline to start kicking recent arrivals out of city-run shelters. On the eve of a Chicago City Council hearing called to probe conditions at the city’s migrant landing zone and shelters and days before thousands were scheduled to be evicted from the ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will postpone shelter evictions for migrants until March following pushback from the council and community.

Nearly two hours elapsed before aldermen broached the subject of conditions at city shelters for migrants at a hearing called Tuesday specifically for that purpose. Instead, after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Monday announcement that he would not move to evict thousands of shelter residents until March, questions at the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting were relatively tame and ...

Nearly 2,000 people were to be evicted had the policy been enforced as planned starting Thursday. Mayor Brandon Johnson extended that deadline Monday under pressure from more than a dozen City Council members.

Chicago City Council members are urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to extend the Feb. 1 migrant shelter eviction deadline.

CHICAGO — More than a dozen Chicago aldermen on Thursday called on Mayor Brandon Johnson to scrap his 60-day shelter limit policy for migrants, the latest sign the City Council’s recent streak of independence has swelled with the city’s controversial responses to the humanitarian crisis. Johnson allies such as Alds. Daniel La Spata and Byron Sigcho-Lopez are among the 16 aldermen who joined ...