[remote or in person] Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago City Council
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024
9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. CST
121 N LaSalle St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)
Chicago City Hall, 2nd floor, Council Chambers
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- Meeting details page: https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Meeting/?meetingId=9EEFF650-88B9-EE11-A568-001DD8069864&targetTab=attachments
- This meeting will include a subject matter hearing on the city’s current response to the arrival of migrants: “landing zone conditions, shelter conditions, shelter grievance procedure, and oversight of contracted agencies. The Office of the Mayor, the Department of Family and Support Services, the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, and Favorite Healthcare Staffing will provide testimony.”
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
An average of 74 grievance reports are filed per day across the 28 shelters housing migrants in Chicago.
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The meeting will address migrant shelter conditions and will begin at ⏲️9:00am
Stream it here:
08:53 AM Jan 30, 2024 CST
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Since August 2022 ⬇️
... 35,000 arrived in Chi
...30,400 arrived at City landing zone mostly by bus
...4,500 flown into ORD and MDW (since Jun
...13,878 new arrivals housed in 28 shelters
...180 people waiting at ORD for placement
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"The goal was to get this to some level of order."
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As of two weeks ago, they are present at all shelters (before only available at 14). Since last July, 11,500 people have resettled to housing through the program, and 4,100 out migrated.
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TPS explained -
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At the Homestead shelter, a heat and smoke detection system, hand sanitation and water filtration stations, emergency lighting and exit signage has been added, among other fixtures. Bathrooms are deep cleaned 3x a day.
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CPH works with Hope House which supports pregnant people by connecting them early on with medical care, such as through @LawndaleHealth
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Wences says the fed gov can expand the date by which people are eligible for TPS, address the asylum backlog, and explore new DHS protections for undocumented workers experiencing workplace violations.
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Agency Information
Chicago City Council
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago and consists of the Mayor and Aldermen elected from each of the City’s fifty wards. Source
If you attend a meeting in person, be prepared to go through a security checkpoint and show photo ID.
Meetings are also livestreamed at https://www.chicityclerk.com/.
At this link, scroll down to “Meeting Notices.” Look for “Watch now” and click on the link with the meeting title to go to a livestream page. If you don’t see a link for the meeting, you may be early or the meeting may be starting late. Wait a few moments and try refreshing your Internet tab.
Recordings of past City Council meetings may be found here: https://vimeo.com/user100351763/videos/sort:date.
See also: “What to Expect at a Meeting of Chicago’s City Council” via the Better Government Association.
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