Chicago Migrants

A migrant family is detailing their journey to Chicago, including a stay at a shelter and now an apartment on the city’s Southwest Side. NBC Chicago’s Sandra Torres reports.

There was a time earlier this year that Chicago and the State of Illinois was opening a new migrant shelter every week, but with buses stopping operations, the city is making massive changes.

With the flow of migrants seeking asylum drastically slowing down, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced big changes to the city’s policies, as Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A 12-year-old girl who crossed into the country from the southern border as an unaccompanied minor was reunited with her family in the Chicago area Thursday.

A young girl who crossed the United States border unaccompanied was reunited with her family. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

The city of Chicago is slated to close three migrant shelters in October as bus arrivals from Texas and border crossings decrease.

The city of Chicago is slated to close three migrant shelters in October as vacancies in the facilities have increased. NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

False claims that gangs of migrants have taken over apartment buildings in Illinois and Colorado spread like wildfire online, but JC Navarette examines why that kind of misinformation spreadsso quickly.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle gave a warm welcome to migrants staying at a new shelter at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle gave a warm welcome to migrants staying at a new shelter at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, and Evrod Cassimy has the story.

While a new family migrant shelter is opening on Chicago’s Northwest Side, other asylum-seekers will soon be evicted from other facilities, as Regina Waldroup explains.

The Broadway Armory Park on Chicago’s North Side reopened to the public on Saturday, becoming the latest park district facility to restore programming after serving as a migrant shelter.NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

The Broadway Armory Park on Chicago’s North Side reopened to the public on Saturday, becoming the latest park district facility to restore programming after serving as a migrant shelter. “I could cry right now,” said resident Gale Kryzak. “I think it was very hard on the whole community.” Kryzak, who lives in Edgewater, was among the residents who weren’t...

The migrant “crisis,” as it has been frequently referenced, has become one of Chicago’s most publicly polarizing scenarios over the past two years, which has often been cited by intense pushback by neighborhood residents and accompanying racial tension. But there is another side to this story.

The migrant “crisis,” as it has been frequently referenced, has become one of Chicago’s most publicly polarizing scenarios over the past two years, which has often been cited by intense pushback by neighborhood residents and accompanying racial tension. But there is another side to this story.

In this documentary from NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago, reporters Sandra Torres and Ivon Espitia and Senior Digital Producer DS Shin followed the lives of two families and several individuals for six months to tell their stories of leaving Venezuela to seek asylum in the United States to provide a better life for their families.

“Desde Cero: The Migrant Journey in Chicago,” an hour-long documentary from NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago, explores the human side of the city’s migrant crisis.

In this documentary from NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago, reporters Sandra Torres and Ivon Espitia and Senior Digital Producer DS Shin followed the lives of two families and several individuals for six months to tell their stories of leaving Venezuela to seek asylum in the United States to provide a better life for their families.

A number of residents on Chicago’s South Side voiced objections to a proposal put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson seeking to open a temporary migrant shelter in the area. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A number of residents on Chicago’s South Side voiced objections to a proposal put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson seeking to open a temporary migrant shelter in the neighborhood. “He don’t know where to put them,” said resident Christopher Osinger. “Why would you put them in our neighborhood? Why won’t we go by your house?” Others said the community...