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*** UPDATED x2 *** Asylum-seekers coverage roundup

Monday, Oct 16, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller

* AP on the legal front

A federal judge on Friday denied a bid by immigration advocates to prohibit U.S. officials from turning away asylum-seekers at border crossings with Mexico if they don’t have appointments on a mobile phone app.

The ruling is a victory for the Biden administration and its approach to creating new pathways to enter the United States, while, at the same time, making it more difficult for those who don’t follow prescribed methods to seek asylum. […]

The government appealed a decision to block a new rule that makes it more difficult to claim asylum for anyone who travels through another country, like Mexico, and enters the U.S. illegally. That rule remains in effect while under appeal.

Another closely watched case challenges a policy to grant a two-year stay for up to 30,000 people a month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela if they apply online with a financial sponsor and arrive at an airport. Texas is leading 21 states to argue that Biden overreached, saying it “amounts to the creation of a new visa program that allows hundreds of thousands of aliens to enter the United States who otherwise have no basis for doing so.”

* ABC7 on the local politics front

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will visit the southern border with multiple alderpeople this week.

Johnson said earlier this month that he will be making a trip to the border to see the migrant crisis first-hand.

*** UPDATE 1 *** The mayor changed his mind…


*** UPDATE 2 *** Johnson is still sending a delegation…


[ *** End Of Updates *** ]

* CBS2 showed video of city trucks clearing out the parking lot last week, so I’m thinking the city might be doing more than just considering this site

City officials are considering building a massive tent to house the more than 3,500 migrants now living at police stations and O’Hare International Airport on a vacant, privately-owned lot in Brighton Park, Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th Ward) said Sunday.

In a statement posted to her official social media accounts, Ramirez said she was working to gather information from the mayor’s office about the city’s plan to open a temporary shelter on a vacant lot near 38th Street and California Avenue.

A spokesperson for Mayor Brandon Johnson did not respond to two requests for comment from WTTW News. Cristina Pacione Zayas, Johnson’s first deputy chief of staff, told reporters Thursday that an announcement of the location of what city leaders call “winterized base camps” was “imminent.” […]

More than 3,567 migrants are living in police stations across the city and at O’Hare International Airport with another 11,043 migrants living in city shelters as of Friday, according to city data. Johnson has said the crisis was caused by “right-wing extremists bent on sowing chaos and division in our city.”

Still curious how the asylum-seekers are gonna stay warm in those tents. Chicago isn’t exactly known for mild winters.

* The Tribune has a story entitled “Democrats welcome mat for migrants is also fraying party’s base”

From almost the moment he took office, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has championed the state as a sanctuary for immigrants. But in his quest to keep Illinois a “welcoming state,” the welcome mat is becoming politically frayed as Chicago tries to cope with an influx of more than 18,000 asylum-seekers.

What was once altruistic idealism delivered 1,200 miles away from the nation’s southern border is now colliding with realism in how to temporarily house, provide for and resettle thousands of asylum-seekers in a crisis largely orchestrated by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to use his state’s long-standing border issues to paint leaders in Democratic cities and states as hypocrites.

As each new bus arrives here from Texas and other locales, more political pressure mounts on Pritzker and on Chicago’s new progressive Democratic leadership under Mayor Brandon Johnson.

With no firm plans in place and the only concrete advice to incoming migrants being Pritzker’s warning that “it’s gonna get cold in Chicago and New York very soon,” cracks among the Democratic base, particularly among key ethnic and racial blocs, have emerged over spending taxpayer dollars and housing for migrants.

It’s definitely worth a full read.

* Cold weather is definitely a theme right now

Even as temperatures drop, Yaritsa Leal and a dozen of her family members are sleeping outside the Town Hall District police station. There isn’t enough room for them inside.

They’ve jury-rigged a tent to shield them from the elements, but it’s not enough to keep out Chicago weather.

“We huddle under there and give each other warmth,” said Leal, 43. “I feel cold, I feel uncomfortable, and I feel scared, but I know that I can’t come here and demand too much.” […]

The North Side police station is one of the few where migrants have recently found some relief inside a city warming bus overnight, but that’s not offered at all stations, and those with little protection are facing a precarious situation advocates worry could become disastrous.

* Sun-Times

A judge said Friday he was “horribly disturbed” by accusations that a man opened fire at a group of migrants outside a South Side police station, wounding a man from Colombia and a Venezuelan woman holding her child.

Anthony Evans, 25, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash with serious injuries to an officer that may require amputation, according to prosecutors.

Judge Joseph Gump ordered Evans held in jail while awaiting trial on counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated driving under the influence and unlawful use of weapon.

* More from Isabel…

       

15 Comments
  1. - lake county democrat - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 11:01 am:

    The Reuter’s story highlights a way-underconsidered aspect to the migrant issue:

    There are no good estimates of how many migrants die en-route to the border or shortly after crossing, but even the low estimate is in the thousands. As long as we have quasi-open borders, the strong lure of a much better life in America is going to come with this cost.


  2. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 11:12 am:

    ===Still curious how the asylum-seekers are gonna stay warm in those tents. Chicago isn’t exactly known for mild winters.===

    Per the contract with Garda World:

    “2.12. Heat and Air Conditioning
    We are able to use power for exterior trailers sourced from the utilities within a facility or should temporary power and HVAC be required, we are able to provide this via mobile diesel generators and heating and cooling units sized appropriately to support the facility needs. For speed of set up, we are able to use a generator and then transition to shore power if available. Units are self contained and mobile road transportable, as shown in Figure 14-Figure 16. Noise levels of power units will be no higher than 69 dBA. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) outlet boxes will be placed throughout the facility as required. Cable ramps will be used for safety and protection where cabling crosses roadways or pedestrian areas. All electrical equipment is Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) Listed and rated for NEMA 3R and 4 applications. The electrical systems will be installed per NEC requirements by licensed electrical personnel. HVAC will be provided for all structures in proper capacities to cool to approximately 72 degrees Fahrenheit from ambient temperatures of 95 degrees and heat to approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit from ambient temperatures of 40 degrees. Mobile HVAC units will be operated on a digital thermostat control.”


  3. - DuPage - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 11:15 am:

    ===Still curious how the asylum-seekers are gonna stay warm in those tents. Chicago isn’t exactly known for mild winters.===

    I am kind of worried about that. If the migrants are cold, they will try ways to stay warm. Numerous electric space heaters plugged into a network of extension cords could cause a fire. Pans of glowing charcoal give off a lot of carbon monoxide. How fire-safe are these tents?


  4. - DisappointedVoter - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 11:45 am:

    The mayor’s visit to the border is a few months too late. We are just a few weeks away from the weather being frigid. He should be at home securing buy in from electeds and the public around his camps and tents. The city is desperate for leadership. Perhaps it is time that we all turn to JB to lead.


  5. - 47th Ward - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 12:14 pm:

    So I’ve read that Texas asks asylum seekers if they want to go to Chicago before they pop for the one-way tickets.

    Sometime in mid-December, maybe the folks in Chicago ought to ask if any asylum seekers here would now like to visit South Carolina, or Alabama or Mississippi?


  6. - DisappointedVoter - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 12:38 pm:

    The mayor just announced they are taking down their trip. Perhaps he read my comment? I hope he reads the others and expedites the hiring of the IGA chief and hiring of new press lead.


  7. - 47th Ward - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 1:00 pm:

    Please tell me the Mayor’s delegation is going to travel on one of the empty buses that brought migrants to Chicago. I’m sure it would be much less expensive than other modes and give the delegation a better sense of the journey involved.


  8. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 1:06 pm:

    To the updates;

    Going was horrendously awful for Johnson, sending a delegation is awful but not fatally bad to any narrative.

    Just keep that delegation away from being media props to be seen behind a lectern and anyone bashing them as “part of the problem”


  9. - In Bridgeport - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 1:08 pm:

    ==So I’ve read that Texas==

    Having talked to many asylum seekers, it’s clear that they are not asked. They are told that conditions will be much better for them in Chicago and that they will be taken care of and given jobs and housing. People are being misled and even put on buses without wanting to leave TX.


  10. - ;) - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 1:42 pm:

    Sounds like someone woke up and realized they were making a big mistake. Hopefully he doesn’t listen to whomever came up with this bonehead publicity stunt again.


  11. - LastModDemStanding - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 1:48 pm:

    ===They are told that conditions will be much better for them in Chicago and that they will be taken care of and given jobs and housing.===

    Conditions are better for them in Chicago than in Texas. The social safety net for citizens in Texas is thin, never mind for new arrivals and asylum seekers.


  12. - Frida's boss - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 2:03 pm:

    It’s good Johnson decided to bail on the trip. Sending a delegation is fine.
    They need to come back with some type of clarity on what is actually being said to migrants and find resources that are willing to give them a heads up and the numbers of migrants coming any given day. Beyond that, not much else they’re going to do which is why it’s better for Johnson to stay here and focus on Mayor.
    He should also have a dedicated DC person who’s out beating the drum and looking for revenue in DC.


  13. - Thomas Paine - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 2:12 pm:

    === Cold weather is definitely a theme right now…===

    Yurts.

    If they are warm enough for the steppes of Mongolia, they are plenty warm for Chicago.

    About $1000 a dwelling.


  14. - DuPage - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 3:39 pm:

    Lori Lightfoot should make an announcement on tape apologizing to migrants and explain we are overloaded, and they may need to live on floors or in tents for a long, long time. Also, the city should give migrants the opportunity to fly back to where they are from if they have changed their mind about the entire thing.


  15. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Monday, Oct 16, 23 @ 5:38 pm:

    ===Yurts.===

    You can call them “super warm tents, the warmest tents in human history.” The contract is the contract.


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