Advancing a data-driven plan to improve the asylum seeker response and provide safe shelter through the winter, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services announced construction will
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As Chicago’s brutal winter looms, officials are scrambling to find shelter for migrants now living at airports, police stations and on the city’s streets.
Taking advantage of a slowing number of buses arriving in Chicago and with an eye toward winter, the city is retooling its approach to welcoming migrants, aiming to soon empty all police stations.