Migrants moved from two Chicago Park District facilities to allow return of services
Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
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Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
Since migrants moved in last summer, services have been removed, suspended, or halted.
It's an effort to restore the parks and their services before summer.
Hundreds staying in Chicago Park District field houses are set to be relocated to shelters to make way for programming.
It started Saturday morning with just two fieldhouses. The latest data from the city shows there are still more than 500 migrants living at park district facilities.
The move is causing some confusion, as not all the migrants who are being moved know where they're going.
Migrants will be moved out of five different Chicago Park District buildings beginning on Saturday – and the move is causing some confusion.
The city said two field houses will complete their move of the migrants by Saturday, while the others will move over the next few weeks. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
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The number of migrants staying in city-run shelters has dropped significantly in recent months, and the mayor's office said the five Park District sites are no longer needed to house migrants.
The Mayor’s office said hundreds of migrants will need to move out of the field houses. CBS 2’s Sabrina Franza explains what happens next.
Hundreds of migrants staying at five Chicago Park District facilities serving as temporary shelters will soon be moved to other locations to reopen those park sites to the public.
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