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Originally Posted by edale
Aren't these migrants just temporarily being housed in Chicago as they await an asylum hearing? I don't see why they should be counted in a city's population if they're temporary. Even if they're granted asylum, I imagine a good number of them would disperse to other parts of the country once they're able to. That's not intended to be a knock on Chicago, it's just that immigrants tend to move to where family or friends already are.
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Most of the migrants are currently living in Chicago apartments by now with under the table jobs. Are those units supposed to be marked vacant when they are occupied?
You could also make the same argument for millions of American citizens who are living temporarily in major cities for seasonal jobs or education.
Aren’t college students temporarily being housed while they await graduation before they return to their hometowns? They get counted.
If a person is residing in a city at the time of enumeration, they should be counted. If they relocate, then surveys in the following years will track them.
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