Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago.
Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago. Anthony Vazquez / Chicago Sun-Times
Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago.
Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago. Anthony Vazquez / Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago is struggling to keep up with the number of migrants coming into the city. As officials scramble to open more housing, Chicagoans are stepping up to help migrants themselves.

Reset gets the latest on how those efforts are shaping up.

GUESTS: Elvia Malagón, social justice and wage gap reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times

Evelyn Figueroa, director of Pilsen Food Pantry

Jen Durham, volunteer for Nuevos Vecinos

Nereida Moreno, education reporter for WBEZ

Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago.
Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago. Anthony Vazquez / Chicago Sun-Times
Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago.
Immigrants load a bus outside Union Station in August 2022, when migrants from Venezuela were transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago. Anthony Vazquez / Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago is struggling to keep up with the number of migrants coming into the city. As officials scramble to open more housing, Chicagoans are stepping up to help migrants themselves.

Reset gets the latest on how those efforts are shaping up.

GUESTS: Elvia Malagón, social justice and wage gap reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times

Evelyn Figueroa, director of Pilsen Food Pantry

Jen Durham, volunteer for Nuevos Vecinos

Nereida Moreno, education reporter for WBEZ