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Beyond Borders & Budgets: Chicago’s Path to Compassion Amid the Migrant Crisis
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In recent months, Chicago has been at the epicenter of a significant humanitarian challenge. Over 35,000 migrants have arrived in the city since August 2022, many on buses from Texas. This influx has stretched the city’s resources thin, particularly its shelter system which is struggling to accommodate the increasing numbers…
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Why Politicians Need to Stop Talking About the “Weaponization” of Migrants
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Maxine de Havenon is a current graduate student in University of Chicago’s Committee on International Relations where her research focuses on humanitarian intervention and international law. She also serves as a Research Assistant at the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, a UN-supported think tank researching mass atrocity prevention.…