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Coverage dated September 30, 2023

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

Headline from WHEC Rochester

As Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers, the city is using a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport. The use of airports to house migrants has been rejected elsewhere and highlights what has been a haphazard response to the crisis.

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  1. Fox News

    Hundreds of migrants live inside Chicago O'Hare International Airport as city grapples with how to house them (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Chicago O'Hare International Airport is currently housing hundreds of migrants as the city waits for more shelters to be built.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    As Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers, the city is using a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport. The use of airports to house migrants has been rejected elsewhere and highlights what has been a haphazard response to the crisis.

  3. New York Post

    Chicago housing hundreds of migrants at O’Hare airport, raising safety, public health concerns (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Hundreds of migrants have been living in a terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport — some for weeks — as the Second City struggles to keep pace with the flood of asylum seekers…

  4. Herald & Review

    Chicago keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents (opens Herald & Review)

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    Herald & Review's feed description

    Hundreds of migrants live inside a shuttle bus center at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 1. They sleep on cardboard pads on the floor and share airport bathrooms. A private firm monitors their movements.

  5. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

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