CHICAGO MIGRANT CRISIS: MAYOR ORDERS HIRING FREEZE TO ADDRESS BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT
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The fact that recent Asian immigrants are the most passionately against this is slick disturbing
You really that surprised how the asians be acting once they get here?!?!
you live under a fukking rock???
Panama's Darién Gap has become a popular route for Chinese migrants trying to get to the US
A major influx of Chinese migration to the United States on a relatively new and perilous route through Panama's Darién Gap jungle has become increasingly popular thanks to social media.
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Tommy Lee Jones
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what about the homeless vets or homeless americans? Never hear people worry about them. fukk these people we live in the upside down.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
it's already cold as fukk up here. yesterday, I saw migrants who were normally camped in front of the police station packed in the police station. this is NOT a viable solution.
St. Louis might take in migrants from Chicago, in bid to boost workforce
"We don't want to make false promises that we can do something more than Chicago or New York have done for the people who cannot work, but for the people who have a work permit, we are offering them the opportunity to build their lives here."www.cbsnews.com
As Chicago works to shelter and support more than 15,000 asylum seekers, another Midwestern city has said they're willing to help.
CBS 2's Sara Machi learned St. Louis might soon take in thousands of migrants from Chicago, but found out not every migrant now staying in Chicago would be eligible.
For this "secondary migration," St. Louis officials are targeting people who started their asylum claims in their home countries under a specific Biden administration program. Program representatives said Chicago was their first stop as they go around the country visiting with leaders in cities scrambling to serve thousands of migrants.
"I understand that there probably will be some people that will come on their own, and we'll have to deal with those people as well, but we are trying to be strategic and intentional," said Karlos Ramirez, vice president of Latino outreach for International Institute of St. Louis.
Ramirez was in Chicago over the weekend, meeting with various migrant support groups and Beatriz Ponce De Leon, the city's deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights – taking in the sheer magnitude of Chicago's migrant crisis, and outlining the St. Louis offer of housing, employment, and social services for certain asylum seekers.
"We don't want to make false promises that we can do something more than Chicago or New York have done for the people who cannot work, but for the people who have a work permit, we are offering them the opportunity to build their lives here," said attorney Jerry Schlichter, founder of Arch Grants.
Schlichter developed the program to pitch St. Louis to migrants, hoping scores of new residents could offset St. Louis's declining population and bolster their workforce.
The program is similar to one Arch Grantsstarted in 2021 for Afghan refugees after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Schlichter said their model would provide three months of free housing and services - like job placement and pre-apprenticeship training through trade unions – but those last points are key, because the St. Louis group is trying to recruit people able to work now, since many migrants wait 90 to 150 days for work visas.
He pointed to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services program that grants "travel authorization to up to 30,000 noncitizens each month" to "nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and their immediate family members."
St. Louis is hoping Chicago groups will vet and recommend migrants for their program.
"Chicago wins, St. Louis wins, but more importantly, the people in this humanitarian crisis, they're gonna win as well," Ramirez said.
Ramirez said they're hoping Chicago officials can vet the first dozen migrants for a pilot program, but Schlichter said they hope to bring 500 asylum seekers to St. Louis by the end of the year.
They said their program for Afghan refugees resettled about 2,000 people.
To be fair STL (my hometown) has a history of doing this. They welcomed Bosnian refugees in the early 90's due to the Bosnian War, and it's the largest community of Bosnians outside of Bosnia. They also welcomed Hurricane Katrina survivors in 2005-2006 and Afghan refugees fairly recently.
STL needs an influx of people because so many businesses pulled out of the area and its economy is failing. Folks from STL typically don't get to shine until they leave, myself included.
Tell us how you really feel breh
It was in the 30s with snow flurries for Halloween yesterday...
For context... it's 80 degrees in Venezuela right now. Video said some migrants hoppin' off the buses with flip-flops on
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Seems about right. Especially in the arts space, seems like STL folks come up to Chicago or go to LA, but rep STL regardless. It's a talented city for sure.
The weather is turning, so expect there to be a lot more stories coming out about how these people have no idea what they're in for.any new news???
All those folks that were like, "Si senor, bus to Chicago???" with there request at the border about to get a rude ass awakening
beenz
Rap Guerilla
any new news???
only thing I heard was using CTA buses as warming centers for them.
I be trying to tell folks. A lot of people are surprised when I name all the talented folks from St. Louis. People think it's just Nelly.
