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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Michael Loria

UNCOVERED: Biden migrant work authorization clinic launches in chicago | History Defined

Venezuelan migrants Cristian Gonzalez and Nazareth Garcia chat with their 2-year-old daughter, Aranza, at the Austin District police station in Chicago. Without work authorization, migrants are left dependent on the city, creating the situation where over 12,000 migrants are in shelters and over 3,000 are at police stations and airports. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

The first of the White House-sponsored work authorization clinics in Chicago launched Thursday, giving 150 migrants a one-stop-shop where attorneys helped fill out applications and federal workers began processing them on site.

The clinic, run by Pilsen-based nonprofit the Resurrection Project and several other legal services partners, is the first in a pilot program meant to speed up work permit processing for migrants arriving in the city.

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