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Sunday, September 22, the first in a 3-performance run of a staged reading of the play My Name Is Renny Edward Milano Salgado will show at 1:30pm at Second Unitarian Church in Chicago. This is a play by mutual aid volunteer Fran Zell, based on her experiences volunteering with new arrivals. Read more about the play and the upcoming performances …

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 …

WTTW: Chicago Announces Plans to Close 3 Migrant Shelters as Fears of Renewed Surge Fade Block Club Chicago: City To Close Troubled Pilsen Migrant Shelter, 2 Others As Pace Of New Arrivals Slows Chicago Sun-Times: City officials to shutter 3 migrant shelters as need for beds lessens City Bureau: ‘I Know What I’m Worth’: The Joys And Struggles Of Chicago’s …

The Ben Joravsky Show: Say Welcome, Chicago “Erica Sagrans explains why the time has come to re-think our attitude toward immigrants and the border.” ABC Chicago: City council tackles migrant housing challenges by looking for solutions helping all Chicagoans “Members of the Chicago City Council are looking for new ways to deal with the housing crisis that impacts new arrivals, …

Chicago Tribune: Experts say anti-immigrant rhetoric led to viral — and incorrect — allegations of a migrant takeover (gift link)Block Club Chicago: No, Armed Venezuelan Migrants Did Not Take Over A Chicago Apartment Building “Elon Musk and some prominent right-wing social media accounts widely circulated claims that dozens of migrants with guns and motorcycles “took over” a South Side apartment. …

Chicago Sun-Times: Despite expected surge in arrivals, no buses carrying migrants have come to Chicago during DNC (19th Ward Mutual Aid was interviewed) Axios Chicago: Why the DNC migrant surge didn’t happen Bloomberg: Chicago’s Migrant Surge Is Stirring Trouble for Democrats in DNC Host City WTTW: From Immigration to Infrastructure, What a Harris Victory Could Mean for Chicago National News …

The New York Times: For Convention Goers in Chicago, the Issue of Migrants Comes Into Full View (gift link) The Washington Post: Chicago’s migrant crisis in spotlight as Democrats prepare for convention WTTW: DNC Set to Kick Off Without Renewed Surge of Migrants From Texas, Defying Officials’ Warnings CBS Chicago: City is prepared for flood of migrants during DNC, but …

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago’s deadbeat migrant landlords get millions from City Hall despite tax troubles, other government debts The Chicago Tribune: Study reveals anti-immigrant speeches sway voters based on rhetoric and not lived experiences (share link) South Side Weekly: Chicago Prepares for Possible Migrant Surge Ahead of DNC WGN Chicago: 12 hospitalized after falling ill at West Town migrant shelter Chicago …

Chicago Tribune: Chicago not expecting migrant surge ahead of DNC, city official says (share link)CBS Chicago: Will Texas governor flood Chicago with migrants just in time for DNC? An expert has doubts The Record North Shore: 1,000 care packages await migrants who may arrive in Wilmette in advance of DNC Fox 32 Chicago: Chicago prepares for potential migrant surge during …

Chicago Sun-Times: Migrant advocates prepare for potential influx of asylum-seekers ahead of DNC“Though the stream of migrants being sent to Chicago has recently slowed, migrant advocates say they are ready in case a surge arrives ahead of next week’s Democratic National Convention.” CWB Chicago: Migrant charged with manufacture-delivery of cocaine and pot near downtown park National News The New York …