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>> CHICAGO OFFICIALS WILL NOT

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EVICT MIGRANTS FROM CITY

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SHELTERS UNTIL AT LEAST

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MID-MARCH. MAYOR BRANDON

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JOHNSON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT

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TODAY. AND HERE'S SOME OF WHAT

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HE TOLD REPORTERS.

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>> BECAUSE OUR PLAN FOR

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TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER

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WAS NEVER MEANT AS A LONG-TERM

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HOUSING SOLUTION. WE WANT TO

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GIVE EVERY PERSON IN EVERY

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SINGLE FAMILY THAT HAS COME TO

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OUR CITY ENOUGH TIME TO

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PROCESS THEIR WORK

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AUTHORIZATION, FIND HOUSING.

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STARTED TO LIFE IN OUR GREAT

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CITY.

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>> WDW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER

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SHER AND JOINS US NOW FROM

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CITY HALL WITH THE LATEST ON

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THE 3RD TIME, JOHNSON HAS

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STEPPED BACK FROM EVICTING

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MIGRANTS WHO SPENT 60 DAYS IN

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CITY SHELTERS. HEATHER. SO

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2900 MIGRANTS WOKE UP IN CITY

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SHELTERS THIS MORNING THAT

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WERE SET TO BE EVICTED BY

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FRIDAY. HOW LONG WILL THEY NOW

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BE ABLE TO STAY THERE?

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>> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN

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THEY ENTERED CITY SHELTER. IF

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THEY ENTERED BY MID JANUARY,

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THEY WILL BE ABLE TO STAY

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UNTIL MID-MARCH. AND THAT

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INCLUDES ABOUT 5700 PEOPLE WHO

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WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO FIND

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SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE. NOW,

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THOSE WHO ENTERED SHELTER

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AFTER WILL BUT WHICH IS ABOUT

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2100 PEOPLE BY THE END OF

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JANUARY WILL BE ABLE TO STAY

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AN EXTRA 30 DAYS. BUT THIS

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MEANS THAT MAYOR BRANDON

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JOHNSON WILL BE RIGHT BACK

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WHERE HE WAS TODAY IN JUST

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ABOUT MID-MARCH, FACING REAL

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QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE'S

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PREPARED TO SHOULD TURN OUT

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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE

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CITY SHELTERS WHO HAVE NOWHERE

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ELSE TO GO.

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>> HE MADE IT CLEAR THERE ARE

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NO EASY SOLUTIONS TO THIS

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LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

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>> LOOK, THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR

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EVERYONE. THERE. THERE ARE

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SOME LIMITATIONS TO WHAT WE

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CAN DO.

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>> THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT

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THE 60 DAY LIMIT ON SHELTER

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STAYS IN NOVEMBER. IT WAS

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NEVER INTENDED HEATHER TO BE

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STRICTLY ENFORCED. WAS IT?

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>> THAT'S RIGHT. THE FIRST 2

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TIMES THE MAYOR STEPPED BACK

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FROM ENFORCING THE LIMIT. IT

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WAS BECAUSE OF BRUTALLY COLD

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WEATHER AND OF SIGNIFICANT

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WINTER STORM. THAT'S WHY THERE

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WAS SO MUCH ATTENTION ON WHAT

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THE MAYOR WAS PREPARED TO DO

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IT THIS WEEK. BUT HE MADE IT

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CLEAR THAT HE IS BETWEEN A

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ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. HE'S

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FACING INCREASING PRESSURE

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FROM ALLIES ON THE CITY

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COUNCIL IN THE PROGRESSIVE

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CAUCUS AND THOSE EVEN NOT ON

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THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS TO FIND

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A WAY TO PROTECT THESE

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MIGRANTS. BUT HE ALSO SAYS

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IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR THE

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CITY TO SPEND AS MUCH AS 1.5

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MILLION DOLLARS PER DAY.

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CARING FOR THE MEN, WOMEN AND

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CHILDREN. MOST OF THEM MADE

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THEIR WAY TO CHICAGO ON BUSES

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PAID FOR BY TEXAS GOVERNOR

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GREG ABBOTT WHO IS DETERMINED

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TO HURT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S

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REELECTION. CHANCES BY

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SPLITTING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

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AND MAKING LIFE MISERABLE FOR

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MAYORS LIKE BRANDON JOHNSON.

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AND AS YOU HEARD GOVERNOR

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PRITZKER EARLIER, CHICAGO IS

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GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP SHARING

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BEARING THE LION'S SHARE OF

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THIS. ALTHOUGH HE SAID STATE.

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>> MONEY IS AT THE READY.

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HEATHER, YOU ASKED THE JETS

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ABOUT MY REPORTING FROM A

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COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT SHOWED

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THAT HE HAD GOTTEN AN E-MAIL

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THAT RAISE THE ALARM ABOUT

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CONDITIONS AT THAT PILSEN

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MIGRANT SHELTER IN OCTOBER.

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THIS IS A SHELTER WHERE 5

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YEAR-OLD JOHN CARLOS MARTINEZ

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RIVERO HAD FALLEN ILL AND

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LATER DIED. THAT WAS IN

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DECEMBER AT WHAT WAS HIS

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RESPONSE?

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>> HE TOLD ME THAT HE ACTED

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IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE SAW THAT

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E-MAIL, WHICH YOU OBTAINED AND

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THAT SHOWED WENT DIRECTLY TO

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HIM. NOW THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT

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YOU WERE TOLD AND WHAT YOU'VE

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REPORTED ON FROM OTHER

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OFFICIALS AND OTHER ADVOCATES

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FOR THE MIGRANTS. WE HEARD

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TODAY FROM NEW CHICAGO

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

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COMMISSIONER DOCTOR SON BEAU

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EK WHO SAID THAT THERE WAS

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GOING TO BE EXPANDED EFFORTS

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TO ENSURE THAT THE CONDITIONS

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OF THE SHELTERS, HOUSING THE

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MIGRANTS. NOW MANY 14,200 AS

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OF TODAY'S COUNT, WILL BE

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RESPECTFUL AND DIGNIFIED. AND

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THAT INCREASE EFFORTS WILL BE

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MADE TO PREVENT THE

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TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE

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DISEASES AND TO ENSURE THAT

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EVERYONE IS CONNECTED TO

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HEALTH CARE THROUGH THE COOK

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COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

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>> ALL RIGHT, HEATHER SHARON,

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOINING US