Migrant shelters and new arrivals in the Chicago City Council

Funding and policy for new arrivals (migrants and asylum seekers): shelters, the budget, and resolutions.

Results for Migrant shelters: 5 key roll calls, 22 more matching legislation, and 25 documents. Search again or refine, or ask a question about it on Research.

Roll calls

Legislation

• Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer of funds within Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights for Year 2026 (O2026-0029445, Ordinance): In Committee, introduced Oct 14, 2026, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Expression of gratitude for Chicago Rapid Responders and community residents and organizations who provided support for… (R2026-0028721, Resolution): Final, introduced Sep 23, 2026, sponsor Johnson, Brandon
• Office of Inspector General's City's Support of New Arrivals Mission: An Explainer (F2026-0027463, Report): Final, introduced Jul 22, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
• Call on U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately release Salah Sarsour… (R2026-0024891, Resolution): In Committee, introduced Apr 15, 2026, sponsor Sigcho-Lopez, Byron
• Amendment of ordinance passed on November 7, 2023 regarding acquisition of property at 11414 S Halsted St from Albertsons LLC… (O2025-0019668, Ordinance): Final, introduced Sep 25, 2025, sponsor Mosley, Ronnie L.
• Call for support of immigrant communities, racial justice, and constitutional freedoms and opposition of military presence in… (SR2025-0019181, Resolution): Council Consideration, introduced Sep 25, 2025, sponsor Rodriguez, Michael D.
• Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-96-040 requiring Executive Director of Public Safety Administration to submit monthly… (O2025-0018168, Ordinance): In Committee, introduced Jun 18, 2025, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Condemnation of GOP proposed "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" and five percent excise tax applied to monies sent to families in… (R2025-0017558, Resolution): In Committee, introduced May 21, 2025, sponsor Sigcho-Lopez, Byron
• Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance to transfer funds within Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights for Year 2025 (SO2025-0014863, Ordinance): Final, introduced Jan 15, 2025, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Transfer of funds within Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights for Year 2024 (SO2024-0013858, Ordinance): Final, introduced Dec 2, 2024, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Call for hearing(s) on barriers to housing faced by immigrant, migrant and refugee communities in City of Chicago (R2024-0012421, Resolution): In Committee, introduced Sep 18, 2024, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Rule 41 Failure to Report Response to request from Alderperson Lopez regarding various matters pending in Committee on Immigrant… (F2024-0009725, Report): Final, introduced May 22, 2024, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Department of Family and Support Services directed to provide City Council daily report of total New Arrivals and Asylum Seekers… (SO2024-0008386, Ordinance): Final, introduced Mar 20, 2024, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Call for hearing(s) to explore barriers to housing for new and long-standing immigrant and refugee communities in City of Chicago (R2024-0008385, Resolution): In Committee, introduced Mar 20, 2024, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Transfer of funds within Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights for Year 2023 (O2023-0006405, Ordinance): Final, introduced Dec 13, 2023, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Call for Chief Procurement Officer to file 2023 Fiscal Quarters 2 and 3 contract awards and modifications related to emergency… (Or2023-0006446, Order): In Committee, introduced Dec 13, 2023, sponsor Lopez, Raymond A.
• Call for hearing(s) to review City's response to immigrant populations being marginalized (R2023-0006442, Resolution): In Committee, introduced Dec 13, 2023, sponsor Dowell, Pat
• Establishment of policy prohibiting property owned by City and used as shelter for migrants to continue such use beyond 12 months (O2023-0005882, Ordinance): In Committee, introduced Nov 9, 2023, sponsor Lopez, Raymond A.
• Recognition of 20th District Migrant Aid team (R2023-0005762, Resolution): Final, introduced Nov 7, 2023, sponsor Vasquez, Jr., Andre
• Call for Chicago Police Department and Chicago Law Department to establish protocols for transparent certification process for U… (Or2023-0001264, Order): In Committee, introduced Jun 21, 2023, sponsor Lopez, Raymond A.
• Substitute Amendment of Annual Appropriation Ordinance Year 2023 amendment within Corporate Fund 100 for City Council purposes… (SO2023-2083, Ordinance): Final, introduced May 24, 2023, sponsor Johnson, Brandon
• Executive Order No. 2023-16 (Deputy Mayor for Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights) (F2023-100, Communication): Final, introduced May 15, 2023, sponsor Johnson, Brandon

Documents

Passages from ordinances, agreements, agendas, transcripts and campaign money briefs that best match "new arrivals migrants asylum seekers shelters funding", by meaning rather than exact words.

• Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, 2023-10-16 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 16, 2023: "they might have to do certain things. So, uh, we're currently looking through all of those to see where we can find some issues. We haven't come across any items that need, uh, council approval, but certainly we will work with you to make sure we identify those. If they come up. That's great. And then this is gonna be…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-07-23 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 23, 2024: "are suffering from it while increasing the cost to the public to address a preventable problem, uh in this hearing we hear testimony from those most affected by the policy, uh, as well as a presentation by the administration as to the current status of the migrant Mission, uh, and a presentation on the shelter exit rep…"
• Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, 2023-10-19 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 19, 2023: "women, you know, getting to the it we don't we have to get people into shelter quickly because if they would be seen as when they get used to being outside in a tent or in a police station, but engagement to get them to come into shelter is a lot harder. So doubling down on those efforts to move people in the shelter a…"
• Committee on Committees and Rules meeting, 2023-10-31 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 31, 2023: "Look to starboard. Look to start budgeting. Look to start budgeting for these funds. That's okay knowing that you know, we have 150 million allocated for migrants how we going to plug the additional hole for the migrants going forward if we only looking at a hundred fifty million? let me Let Me OK Google, you know this…"
• Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, 2024-04-15 (video transcript), Transcript, Apr 15, 2024: "their general fund. Um, their general fund, um allocation. And so that is an increase. Um, increase, um of the funding that they have been providing to the city over the course of 2023. Um as you recall in our conversation, our conversations the state gave us, uh, 800 million dollars, uh in 2023. This is an increase of…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-01-30, Other, Jan 30, 2024: "gan on January 16th, 2024. Funding has been approved by OBM for the next four months ($10.1M and $12.8M respectively).• Note: IDHS funded the Greater Chicago Food Depository directly through Jan. 158 TPS/EAD ApplicationsThe Resurrection Project and the State – in collaboration with City and Federal governments, and oth…" Document
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-01-30 (video transcript), Transcript, Jan 30, 2024: "and use them as we move forward with our work. I would like to start by saying that today you'll receive the latest on the new arrivals operation, including updates on the shelter, state policy, the grievance process, landing zone bus ordinance, our TPS work authorization clinics, and more, accompanying me to provide f…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-01-30 (video transcript), Transcript, Jan 30, 2024: "Go ahead. I can jump in here a little bit again. Uh, Ray Es first deputy, I would say that, um, the federal government, um, has a couple of pathways or avenues or tools at their disposal that they can use by executive order. One of them would be expanding, uh, the date, uh, TPS was expanded through or made people eligi…"
• Committee on Budget and Government Operations meeting, 2024-10-21 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 21, 2024: "that they're just put into the homeless system next year as opposed to specifically as a migrant issue? So I'll let the s talk a little bit more about the one shelter plan. Uh, yeah, I, I, Danny Castaneda, deputy Commissioner for New Arrivals with the Department of Family and Support Services, uh, it's hard to say what…"
• Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight meeting, 2024-01-18 (video transcript), Transcript, Jan 18, 2024: "i l l i o n as being too much because I don't think they consider what the expense will look like on the other side of that equation. And so I I want to make sure that we know are we staffed up do we have language access? Um and also I guess any conjecture on what it would look like to scale up rapid rehousing if you g…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-01-30 (video transcript), Transcript, Jan 30, 2024: "that is residing in the shelters. Um, as we do the work with the state and the county, we're also looking at those factors, thinking about how we collectively support, um, this, this group that may be growing in number to keep people as sheltered as possible, but also help them on their way. The challenge of, of the, t…"
• City Council meeting, 2023-10-11 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 11, 2023: "What? What current residents need and deserve from our city is not the same as what new arrivals need in this moment. But we must meet all demands if we truly love all people. I'm fully committed to doing just that in the coming months and years ahead. You elected a mayor who loves people? What? Well done, chicken. let…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-07-23 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 23, 2024: "of this year. Uh, the city has Consolidated shelters. Um, we have renegotiated contracts. We have implemented, uh, Community Based organizations to um, uh administer and um, operate our shelters and we have also shared the load of operating shelters with the state, um, increasing the number of shelters that they operat…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-07-02 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 2, 2024: "military budget budgets that fuel displacement in Sudan that feel displacement in Palestine and media are countries need urgent federal laws that are not only add solutions to the issue of immigration and at the border but also changes in foreign policy that mitigate the displacement of residents as I mentioned the cas…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2026-03-25 (video transcript), Transcript, Mar 25, 2026: "we are able to help people with security deposits or rental assistance. We have seenDouble the amount asked in this last year, and it continues to go up just because of everything that is going on in our city. So we are not able to meet every financial ask, and so we are hoping that the city has something specific for…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-01-30 (video transcript), Transcript, Jan 30, 2024: "And so they have to take the longer route to get, um, to get their work authorizations if they're eligible. And how are most people paying for this? It's a $500 fee, as I understand it. Is it do, has the federal government provided any sort of waivers or anything? No, many, many across the country have advocated for a…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2023-09-29 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 29, 2023: "sources of funding, for our schools, for our for housing, for transportation for public health, for violence, prevention. There's a whole host, a way that you can invest if you supposedly cannot invest in this particular issue, which is squarely your responsibilities. I think the last thing, I'll, I'll, I'll close with…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2026-03-25 (video transcript), Transcript, Mar 25, 2026: "Thank you so much for your time for today. Just a little bit about the Sanctuary Working Group. It's a solidarity organization, and we have about 35 organizations under our umbrella that we collaborate with and that are part of our membership. We have started working with migrants and refugees for a very long time. A l…"
• Committee on Education and Child Development meeting, 2023-09-06 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 6, 2023: "We have supported approximately 1500 students who are residing temporarily at shelters and police districts to enroll in school. The. The district has responded to changing needs of Migrant families by adding mobile units to support enrollment. We had created a really strong ictu CPS Partnerships that we're City. You v…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-07-23 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 23, 2024: "I wanted to give us um a view of this Mission since the uh, Mayor Johnson came into office and just remind us, um of the policy decisions that were made to live in our values and um, make sure that we were we were creating and working towards um a mission that you know in a resettlement mission that reflected those val…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-07-23, Other, Jul 23, 2024: "dination of services and leverage capacity across domains; Inform data sharing COMMUNITY INTEGRATIONServices and supports post shelter;Landlord and communityengagement; Income and employment ACCESS Provide a vision for a dedicated access point for shelter requests; virtual access to shelter beds reservation A Consumer…" Document
• Call for hearing(s) each month on City's plans and processes in response to migrant and refugee arrivals to Chicago (R2023-0001022), Committee Letter, Jul 21, 2023: "ordination, the Department of Family Support Services, Department of Housing, and the Mayor's Office are working to establish shelter, support services, and a Welcoming infrastructure in Chicago, and WHEREAS, Chicago, not having proper Welcoming or Transitional infrastructure to support the influx of refugees, has reli…" Document
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2024-07-23 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 23, 2024: "those organizations can really start to understand where in the shelter they'll they'll be located in what resources they'll have. I appreciate that. I know we introduced like a language ordinance to try to get more language access going at the city level because we're behind on that in every Department. Um, so I do ap…"
• Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights meeting, 2023-06-28 (video transcript), Transcript, Jun 28, 2023: "hosting a shelter, whether they had been working with mutual Aid groups. Whether they had interest in trying to just figure out the solution. So what we did with this group would bring them together on a weekly basis to be able to one construct sort of a weekly report in which we have a bird's-eye view of what is going…"
• City Council meeting, 2024-04-19 (video transcript), Transcript, Apr 19, 2024: "Um, as well my parents and, um, my whole family, including grandparents, including, um, uh, uncles, aunts, and, um, as whole cousins. As a child, an immigrant, I understand that my parents came to this country for a better living conditions and for a bright future for us and their children. They ca they have not only g…"

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