Michael Loria
Former Staff Reporter
The freshman mayor will meet with members of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus at the United Center on Tuesday to plan for how to handle the more than 30,000 arrivals to the city.
Jean Carlos “Jeremías” Martinez Rivero se enfermó y murió en un refugio de Pilsen. Su familia ha puesto en marcha un GoFundMe para apoyar su esfuerzo por conseguir un hogar y evitar regresar a un refugio.
The city has delayed shelter evictions that were set for Tuesday, but more than 140 migrants remain in buses at the city’s designated site for new arrivals.
La situación empeoró en el sitio en 800 S. Desplaines St. cuando los migrantes comenzaron a quedarse allí hace dos semanas.
Jean Carlos “Jeremías” Martinez Rivero fell ill and died at a shelter in Pilsen. His family has launched a GoFundMe to support their effort to get into housing and avoid landing in a shelter again.
The site at 800 S. Deplaines St. is holding more than 500 people. Many say they’re practically sleeping on top of each other, with little food and medical assistance.
Las medidas surgen cuando los operadores de autobuses que transportan migrantes han comenzado a dejarlos en estaciones de tren y otros lugares fuera de la ciudad.
The measures passed by surrounding municipalities include bus ordinances, taxes aimed at preventing shelter openings and symbolic “non-sanctuary” resolutions.
Mayors Brandon Johnson, Eric Adams of New York and Mike Johnston of Denver warn that “without real, significant intervention immediately’ their cities are at the ‘breaking point.”