Since August 31, 2022, the City of Chicago has welcomed over 51,000 new arrivals from the southern border. The following dashboard reflects current and historical data regarding the City’s new arrivals response.

Since August 2022, the City has shouldered the responsibility of caring for more than 49,000 men, women, and children. As a Welcoming City, we have a responsibility to provide access to shelter, food, and medical care to everyone regardless of immigration status.

Dec 21, 2023 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas sent a plane with more than 120 migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago in an escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing operation that has given more than 80,000 migrants free rides to Democratic-led cities across the country since last year.

Dec 31, 2023 · A plane with more than 350 asylum-seekers onboard arrived early Sunday morning at an airport near Chicago from Texas, according to officials, part of the state’s monthslong effort to send...

Dec 31, 2023 · Migrant-filled coach buses coming from Texas are increasingly being left without notice in suburbs all across the area, forcing those asylum-seekers to make their way to Chicago by other means.

Sep 9, 2022 · As city leaders react to several buses of asylum-seeking migrants arriving in Chicago, many want to know more about the controversial policy that has sent migrants to northern "sanctuary cities."...

Feb 16, 2024 · The Sun-Times spoke with some key decision makers in Illinois and Texas about the early months of Texas’ program to export migrants to Democratic cities like Chicago.

Dec 23, 2023 · When Texas Governor Greg Abbott started busing migrants out of his state in the summer of 2022, the border crisis came home to some of the country's largest cities, including Chicago, where now...

Since August 2022, Texas Governor has sent migrants and asylum seekers who crossed the border into the U.S. to Democratic-led cities. As of July 2023, Texas bused over 11,000 people to Chicago.

Jan 30, 2024 · CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's the secret side of Chicago's migrant crisis. Some migrants who arrive here don't want to stay. More than 35,000 migrants have been sent to Chicago since 2022, mostly from Texas.