Today SO2024-0008386, which I introduced in March, passed the full City Council and was adopted into law. This ordinance directs the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) to provide City Council daily reports of New Arrivals and Asylum Seekers that have been evicted or removed from city-operated shelters.
Tag: Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Letter to the Mayor Calling for End of 60 Day Policy
Posted onAs first 60 Day Shelter Eviction Policy deadline approaches on March 16th, the Mayor’s Office risks cutting against Chicago’s values and severely harming new arrivals.
Ald. Vasquez to Chair his first Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting
Posted onAlderperson Vasquez will host the inaugural meeting of the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights as its Chair for the 2023 – 2027 term. He will be looking for passage of his Resolution Calling for Monthly Hearings on the City Response to the Migrant Crisis by way of having a subject matter hearing on the […]