"Chicago's Response to Migrant Influx: Former CVS Shelter and $156 Million Spending"

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About 200 migrants have moved into a temporary shelter at a former CVS in Little Village, Chicago. The shelter, which was initially scheduled to open in mid-December, is now operational and is accommodating families and individuals, many with infants. State officials and volunteers are working to provide humanitarian services, including classes and trauma-based education, to support the migrants. However, volunteers at the landing zone for new arrivals express concerns about the conditions and the level of assistance being provided, while Gov. JB Pritzker emphasizes the state's efforts to manage the ongoing crisis and the need for more federal aid.
- Chicago migrants move into shelter former Little Village CVS at 27th and Pulaski; Gov. JB Pritzker responds to migrant crisis WLS-TV
- Chicago struggles to shelter thousands of migrants, with more arriving each day CBS Evening News
- Chicago has spent over $156 million on vendors in migrant crisis since Dec. 2022 CBS Chicago
- Migrants don't have access to showers, food in Chicago's landing zone Chicago Tribune
- Former CVS in Little Village to house 220 migrants WGN TV Chicago
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