Councilmembers and immigrant advocates criticized the delay, saying the legislation is intended to help the city better respond to the needs of the nearly 34,000 migrants still in its shelter system. “There's honestly no excuse,” said City Councilmember Alexa Avilés, who chairs the Council’s Immigration Committee. “We have a very large population that it's tending to, and they haven't disappeared. They are still here.” The post City Hall Misses Deadline to Comply With Council Law R...| City Limits
The Van, a Little Rock-based organization that helps homeless people, is getting ready to buy a new building in Pulaski County that will serve as an emergency shelter during winter months.| Arkansas Times
Some 36 families—among the tens of thousands of asylum seekers currently in the city’s care—were on the list to be moved from an emergency shelter in Long Island City on Friday.| City Limits
