For decades, migrants intercepted at sea as they try to reach the United States have been sent to a facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a place better known for the U.S. prison camp for terror suspects.
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Bed supply should remain constant as city seeks to merge homeless, migrant shelter systems, social service leaders say
The recommendations made aren’t binding and represent a “first phase” in a plan to merge homeless and migrant shelter systems.
‘Why Springfield?’ How a small Ohio city became home for thousands of Haitians
Springfield is now home to thousands of Haitians. Last week’s presidential debate thrust the small city into the national spotlight.
Speaker Johnson takes another crack at spending bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters
The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote.
Arrests for illegal border crossings jump 3% in August, suggesting decline may be bottoming out
Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August, authorities said.
Congressional hearing Tuesday will be the first one to address slaying of 6-year-old Palestinian boy from Chicago area
Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized in the attack. Their landlord was charged with hate crimes.
Heidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
The former president’s lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
City to announce phase one of plan to combine homeless and migrant shelter systems
The city will announce initial plans to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with the system for migrants next week.
Orland Park player joins Palestinian National Soccer Team for Asian championship tourney
Guevara Al-Sheikh, of Orland Park, joined the Palestinian National Soccer Team this syear for a championship event in Saudi Arabia.
Amid displacement fears, getting Little Village neighbors to embrace Starbucks is a tall order
To many, incoming large corporations like Starbucks signify the fast and inevitable gentrification of the predominantly Mexican immigrant neighborhood.