Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks. The city's first step is moving 800 people into other shelters starting Saturday, clearing the park district fieldhouses to resume normal operations for summer. The shift is part of the city’s continued scramble to offer people help as they arrive from the U.S. border.
The Gage Park fieldhouse can be seen Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Chicago. Gage Park is one of the five shelters for migrants the city of Chicago plans to close in the coming weeks. The city’s first step is moving 800 people into other shelters starting Saturday, clearing the park district fieldhouses to resume normal operations for summer.
On Friday, a city dashboard showed more than 10,000 people remain in city-run shelters. That’s down from a peak of nearly 15,000 in January. Chicago began enforcing a 60-day limit on shelter stays in mid-March. But many exemptions, including for families with children in school, have meant few people are actually being evicted yet.and Denver, have used similar shelter limits to cope with limited resource availability for migrants arriving by bus and plane. Mayors also have
“Most people are actively, constantly trying to figure out how they get out of shelters,” volunteer Lydia Wong said. “I don’t know that this helps expedite it at all. The city is saying they want to keep people relatively close, but it’s extremely disruptive — needing to find new routes, new ways to get to school or work.”
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