Mayor Brandon Johnson is enforcing his 60-day shelter stay rule despite a slow start to eviction and opposition from some aldermen.
60-day shelter stay rule over the weekend after several delays. The city said 31 immigrants scheduled to be removed from shelters were given extensions. Of this total, 27 received extensions because they were still in the process of applying for public benefits, and four received extensions for pregnancy or disability.
“By encouraging resettlement, while also providing case-specific extensions with a focus on health and safety, we are advancing a pathway to stability and self-sufficiency,” Johnson said, defending his position to remove immigrants. According to the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, fewer than 11,000 immigrants are currently in Chicago shelters, and 2,000 are expected to leave by April. Families are not expected to be removed until this summer.“If the 60 Day Eviction Policy is enforced, the majority of new arrivals — who cannot yet secure work or housing — will face involuntary shelter exits, interruption to community integration, and potentially unsheltered homelessness,” Vasquez said.
Earlier in March, Chicago began grappling with a measles outbreak, with the current total of those infected rising to eight. The city health commissioner said all eligible immigrants had been vaccinated and that newly arriving migrants would also be vaccinated against measles.“I don’t want to have to find some building that’s been vacant and have to clear it out and clean it up and build it up just so people have somewhere to lay their heads,” Johnson said.
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