Chicago s outgoing mayor, Lori Lightfoot, declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon, authorizing emergency funds to deal with the thousands of immigrants seeking asylum who have settled in the city and are struggling to live under harsh conditions.
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People seeking asylum have been placed at more than a dozen police districts around the city, sleeping in the lobbies and waiting often with children for days.
Hundreds of illegal immigrants bused and flown to Chicago have been living in the city s police stations, sleeping in lobbies and waiting, with children, for days, creating unsafe conditions and outpacing the city s ability to find adequate housing for them.