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Woodstock, Buffalo Grove both approve ordinances aimed to curb unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs

Buffalo Grove and Woodstock both approved ordinances Tuesday evening that will allow the towns to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. The Buffalo Grove Village Board unanimously voted to pass an ordinance amending a chapter of the town’s municipal code. It allows the police chief to regulate unscheduled bus stops […]

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Village board to vote on ordinance that would allow Buffalo Grove to issue fines, impound buses that drop off migrants

The village board is set to vote on an ordinance Tuesday that will allow Buffalo Grove to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. The Buffalo Grove Village Board is set to vote on a proposed ordinance amending a chapter of the town’s municipal code. It would allow the police […]

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Plane carrying migrants lands in Rockford before buses drop off migrants in Highland Park, other suburbs

Over 350 migrants were flown from Texas to Rockford overnight and bused to Chicago area Metra stations, including Highland Park, on Sunday morning. The City of Rockford said that city and county officials were alerted on Saturday that a plane carrying migrants from Texas was scheduled to land at Chicago Rockford International Airport Saturday evening. […]

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Bus drops off almost 40 migrants at Metra station in Woodstock days before city scheduled to vote on ordinance

Almost 40 migrants were dropped off Saturday at the Metra station in Woodstock just days before the city council is set to vote on an ordinance cracking down on the practice. Woodstock Mayor Michael Turner said a bus conducted a drop-off of migrants at the Woodstock Metra station. They were dropped off around 3:30 p.m. […]

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City council to vote on ordinance that would allow Woodstock to issue fines, impound buses that drop off migrants

The mayor says the city council will vote on an ordinance that would allow Woodstock to impound buses and fine operators over $10,000 if they drop off migrants without notice. Woodstock Mayor Michael Turner told Lake and McHenry County Scanner on Friday that the city council will be considering a bus ordinance. The city council […]

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Migrants dropped off by bus at Crystal Lake train station; city looking into ordinance to discourage practice

Crystal Lake is looking into implementing an ordinance to discourage buses from dropping migrants off in the town after migrants were recently dropped off by bus at a Crystal Lake Metra station. An unknown number of migrants were dropped off by bus on December 21 at the Pingree Road Metra station in Crystal Lake. The […]

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City council to vote on ordinance that would allow McHenry to impound buses that drop off migrants

The McHenry City Council will vote on an ordinance that will allow the city to impound buses and fine operators $10,000 for dropping off migrants without notice. The city council is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Friday evening to discuss the ordinance. The ordinance amends sections of the city’s code regarding chartered transportation […]