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Their bravery, dedication and strength have not gone unnoticed.

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday pledged to seek more than $250 million in additional funding for Chicago’s migrant response, about $70 million short of what officials estimate will be needed this year. The announcement from Pritzker’s office did not mention any contributions from the city of Chicago, and Mayor Brandon Johnson spent a ...

Two busloads of migrants have been dropped off at Naperville’s downtown Metra station since last Thursday, according to city spokeswoman Linda LaCloche. LaCloche could not say how many migrants arrived in the city or where the buses traveled from but said passengers boarded a Metra train for downtown Chicago right after arriving in Naperville. “We did not receive any prior notification of this ...

CHICAGO — Even after being offered a bed in a city-run shelter multiple times since getting to Chicago from Ecuador in September, Jeancarlos Bosquez refused to take it. Instead, the 25-year-old and his friends, two migrants from Venezuela, got a tent big enough for all three of them, fortified it with wood sticks, wrapped it in a tarp to protect it from the rain and cold, and put carpet on the ...

CHICAGO — Even after being offered a bed in a city-run shelter multiple times since getting to Chicago from Ecuador in September, Jeancarlos Bosquez refused to take it. Instead, the 25-year-old and his friends, two migrants from Venezuela, got a tent big enough for all three of them, fortified it with wood sticks, wrapped it in a tarp to protect it from the rain and cold, and put carpet on the ...

Prolonged wait time, exhaustion and uncertainty are symptoms of a U.S. health care system that caters to people with citizenship, medical insurance and means.

Good morning, Chicago. Thousands of migrants sleeping at police stations woke up to freezing cold conditions on Halloween morning as city officials, volunteers and faith-based organizations scrambled to find warmth Tuesday for a population, mostly from Venezuela, that has never experienced cold. Migrants across the city huddled under thin blankets as they sat on cardboard boxes or in tents, ...

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Usually, migrant families have people in the U.S. who can support them financially to buy air or bus fares to get to their destination cities. But some from Venezuela arrive with no money and few connections.