>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 4 MONTHS.

THERE ARE FEWER THAN 1000 MIGRANTS SLEEPING ON THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS.

AND AT O'HARE AIRPORT AS MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S EFFORTS TO MOVE MIGRANTS INTO CITY-RUN SHELTERS BEGINS TO SHOW PROGRESS.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

HEATHER, THERE'S A LOT TO GET TO NOW.

BRING US UP TO DATE ON WHAT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HAS SAID IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

HOW MANY MIGRANTS IS A CITY CURRENTLY CARING FOR?

SO THERE ARE ABOUT 800 MIGRANTS IN POLICE STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN JUST 3 WEEKS AGO.

>> WHEN MORE THAN 3,000 MIGRANTS WERE SLEEPING AT POLICE STATIONS QUICK NOW AT O'HARE THERE ABOUT 150, MY CAR ABOUT 100 MIGRANTS.

BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS THE 13,200 MIGRANTS THAT ARE IN CITY-RUN SHELTERS.

THAT IS BY FAR AN ALL-TIME HIGH TO MOVE THEM.

OF COURSE, WHAT HAS CAUSED A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS AT POLICE STATIONS.

SO THERE ARE 2 THINGS HAPPENING.

ONE, THE NUMBER OF BUSES ARRIVING EVERY DAY FROM TEXAS PAID FOR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAS DROPPED AS THE WEATHER'S GOTTEN COLDER, FEWER MIGRANTS WANT TO COME NORTH TO CHICAGO AND PERHAPS THEY'RE HEARING THAT CHICAGO DOESN'T HAVE MUCH SPACE FOR THEM.

THE THING IS THAT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS REALLY STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO OPEN MORE SHELTERS.

THERE ARE NOW 25 CITY-RUN SHELTERS AND HE'S ALSO RAMPED UP AN EFFORT WITH 17 LOCAL CHURCHES FOR HOUSING MIGRANTS THEMSELVES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE A WARM PLACE TO SLEEP AND HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

NOW, THERE WAS NEWS TODAY ABOUT THE MAYOR'S PLANS TO OPEN A MIGRANT SHELTER IN THE FIELD HOUSE AND AMUNDSEN PARK WHICH DREW AN INTENSE BACKLASH FROM NEARBY RESIDENTS.

NOW, WILL IT BE MOVING FORWARD?

IT WILL NOT BECAUSE OF THAT DROP AND THAT INCREASED ABILITY TO GET MIGRANTS INTO OTHER CITY SHELTERS.

THE MAYOR AND ALDERMAN CHRIS TALIAFERRO SAID THAT THAT SHELTER WOULD NO LONGER BE NEEDED ALONG WITH OTHER PLANS CONVERT A NEARBY COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO A SHELTER FOR MIGRANTS.

THAT WAS A HUGE RELIEF TO RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN TO SEE THAT FIELDHOUSE IS AN IMPORTANT WERE FURIOUS WHEN FARC DISTRICT PROGRAMS WERE DELAYED OR MOVED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN WAY TO GET THE FIELD.

OUTFIELD HOUSE BACK.

YES.

NOW, HEATHER, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE SO-CALLED WINTER ICE BASE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK?

SO THAT BASE CAMP IS NOW FULLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

HOWEVER, IT IS OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF ALDERMAN JULIO RAMIREZ, WHO SAYS THAT SHE IS NOT CONVINCED THAT IT IS SAFE FOR MIGRANTS LIVE ON THAT SITE AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF TAXES, TOXIC METALS.

NOW, EARLIER THIS WEEK, I ASKED MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, WHY START BUILDING THE CAMP BEFORE THAT FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT WAS RELEASED.

HE SAID WE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

SO THAT MEANS I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN MY INBOX.

TAMARA TO READ, OF COURSE.

AND WHAT ABOUT PLANS FOR A SECOND BASE CAMP IN ROSELAND?

YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?

THOSE PLANS ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD.

THE CITY HAS NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION THERE.

UNLIKE THE BRIGHTON PARK BASE CAMP THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE RUN ENTIRELY BY THE CITY WHILE THE STATE IS RUNNING PLAN OR PLANNED TO RUN THE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK, THERE ARE STILL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS GOING ON ON THAT LAND IN ROSELAND, WHICH THE CITY NOW OWNS.

SO HOPEFULLY THE CITY HOPES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SMOOTHER PROCESS.

THEY TO KEEP UP WITH THANK YOU, HEATHER, FOR YOUR REPORT.

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