From clothes to legal aid: The network of Chicagoans stepping up to help migrants
As of July 17, 2023, there were 878 newly-arrived migrants sleeping at police stations and 69 sleeping at O’Hare, according to the city’s OEMC.
A team of WBEZ reporters spent a day embedded on the West Side where migrants are in a holding pattern, staying in the 12th District police station, a tent city or a nearby shelter. The result is a look into a slice of the migrant experience, and the network of Chicagoans who have stepped up to help them.
Reset learns about what migrants had to say about their current situation, and how the demand on hundreds of volunteers and nonprofits throws the city’s lack of cohesive infrastructure into stark relief.
GUESTS: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ public health and government reporter
Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ city politics reporter
Claudia Morell, WBEZ metro reporter
Erika Villegas, volunteer lead for District 8, Police Station Response team
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From clothes to legal aid: The network of Chicagoans stepping up to help migrants
As of July 17, 2023, there were 878 newly-arrived migrants sleeping at police stations and 69 sleeping at O’Hare, according to the city’s OEMC.
A team of WBEZ reporters spent a day embedded on the West Side where migrants are in a holding pattern, staying in the 12th District police station, a tent city or a nearby shelter. The result is a look into a slice of the migrant experience, and the network of Chicagoans who have stepped up to help them.
Reset learns about what migrants had to say about their current situation, and how the demand on hundreds of volunteers and nonprofits throws the city’s lack of cohesive infrastructure into stark relief.
GUESTS: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ public health and government reporter
Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ city politics reporter
Claudia Morell, WBEZ metro reporter
Erika Villegas, volunteer lead for District 8, Police Station Response team