The city of Chicago is moving ahead with plans to evict illegal immigrants from city shelters beginning on Sunday — and they plan to evict more than 2,000 illegal immigrants by the end of April.
According to a report from NBC News published on Friday, the first 35 will face eviction on Sunday and nearly 250 will be evicted from city- and state-run shelters before the end of March. A total of 2026 are expected to be evicted before the end of April, city officials said.
Chicago currently has more than 11,000 illegal immigrants spread across 23 shelters in and around the city, but a new policy limiting their stays in such shelters was supposed to take effect last November. After a number of delays due to extreme weather conditions, the policy is set to be implemented beginning on Sunday.
Once illegal immigrants have been evicted from the shelters, they may find alternative housing…
