City officials confirmed Friday that migrant shelters at the Standard Social Club and the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel have closed.
CHICAGO -- With the number of migrants living in shelters in Chicago continuing to drop, the city has closed two more shelters – in Hyde Park and the Loop.City officials confirmed Friday that migrant shelters at the Standard Social Club, at 320 S. Plymouth Ct., and at the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel, at 4900 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr., have been closed.All migrants who had been staying at those shelters were offered spots at other shelters.
Greg Abbott began sending migrants to Chicago in August 2022 in protest of the Biden administration's handling of immigration at the southern border. While the number of migrants coming to Chicago has slowed significantly since the start of this year, city officials had been expecting Abbott to send thousands of migrants by bus to Chicago ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August.
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