Chicago Asylum Seeker Clips – September 13, 2024

Chicago Tribune: City to announce phase one of plan to combine homeless and migrant shelter systems (gift link)

The Chicago Sun-Times: Haitian Americans in Chicago deride Trump’s false, racist claims of immigrants eating pets

WBEZ’s Reset: Some Chicago shelters to close as number of migrants wanes

“The closure of three migrant shelters in October will eliminate roughly 3,000 beds.”

National News

New York Times: How Trump Uses Vitriol for Migrants to Sideline Other Issues (news analysis)

The Washington Post: Anatomy of a racist smear: How false claims of pet-eating immigrants caught on

Reuters: Haitian Americans fear for their safety after Trump repeats false claims about immigrants and pets

Associated Press: Father of Ohio boy asks Trump not to invoke his son’s death in immigration debate