Illegal migrants sit on cots and the floor of a makeshift shelter operating at O'Hare International Airport on Aug. 31, 2023. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
SECOND CASE OF MEASLES CONFIRMED AT CHICAGO MIGRANT SHELTER
Some eviction exemptions are being made for those who have medical conditions, are in the process of securing housing or experiencing domestic violence or are pregnant. There is also a measles outbreak at one of the shelters to consider.
"There are exemptions even within this policy, that are still permissible," Johnson said, according to Fox 32 Chicago.
"Individuals who are in the process of securing housing or outmigration, if there are other extenuating circumstances around their health or pregnancy. There are a number of people who won't be subject because they fall under that particular dimension of the policy."
A larger wave of about 2,000 migrants will be required to leave after next week and the end of April, the Chicago Tribune reports, citing the Johnson administration.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says evictions will begin on Saturday. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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The lawmakers also pressurized Johnson not to evict in January and he heeded their calls, although the weather was a lot harsher back then.
On Wednesday, Johnson decried the absence of federal support and calling on Congress to punish Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing migrants to the sanctuary city, according to the Chicago Tribune.
In January, Johnson argued Abbott had been "attacking" cities run by Black leaders with waves of migrants.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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