Nonprofit in talks with Chicago officials to facilitate relocating so…

As city officials continue to grapple with Chicago’s migrant crisis, talks have begun with a nonprofit organization based in St. Louis to relocate some migrants to the Missouri city.

The International Institute has launched an effort to relocate asylum-seekers from Chicago to St. Louis, where they will help with finding housing and employment.

“We are cautiously optimistic this could be right move for all the parties interested,” Karlos Ramirez, vice president of Latino Outreach for the International Institute said.

The organization is focused on attracting migrants who came to the U.S. under the humanitarian parole program that began last year under the Biden administration.

The parole program is limited to migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti.

“The idea would be that they’ll go through the proper channels to get into this country, and then they’ll have the opportunity to work here. We’ll help them to find housing, as well as to help them…