Chicago eliminates migrant-only shelters, 'landing zone'
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Chicago is shutting down its migrant-only shelter system and its “landing zone" for migrants where newly arrived migrants get shelter placements and other resources.
The moves come as the number of migrants arriving in the Windy City continues to drop. At its peak in late-December, the city was housing about 14,900 migrants, but that has fallen to around 5,000, per reports. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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