![]() We can disagree on policy and politics, but you don’t treat people this way.” Lightfoot said that over the next few days, the city and local organizations will work to figure out what the specific needs are for the migrants, adding that what Abbott is doing is “immoral, unpatriotic and it defies the values of who we are as Americans. We’re a welcoming city, and what we’ve seen is a tremendous outpouring, not only from city government, but also a number of different non-for-profit that are part of our network of care,” she said, thanking the Salvation Army and the Resurrection Project, among other organizations that are collaborating with the city to assist the migrants. ”We received families, single men, a mix of folks from Latin America bused here inhumanly from Texas,” Lightfoot said outside the Salvation Army shelter. Lightfoot visited the shelter and confirmed that a total of 75 migrants arrived to Chicago from Texas on two buses. Shortly before 11 p.m., the migrants, along with police officers and a handful of apparent officials, disembarked at the Salvation Army Freedom Center at 825 N. The migrants boarded the bus, which left the station around 10:20 p.m. But the group was redirected when police at the scene informed them that another bus was on its way to take the group that was left to the same shelter where the others were taken.Īfter a good Samaritan brought burgers from McDonald’s for them, a CTA bus pulled up around 10 p.m. Soon after, several residents from the Little Village community arrived with cars to transport the migrants. ”Little Village is like the door of immigrants, so we are more than happy to help them restart their life, make sure that they are safe and healthy,” Enriquez said. While some migrants were able to connect with their families or people they know in Chicago, most did not have contacts in the area and were picked up by local activists who collaborated with the city to transport them to a shelter.Īfter hearing from a fellow activist that the migrants had arrived in Chicago, Baltazar Enriquez from the Little Village Community Council rushed to the Union Station to figure out how they could help. ![]() ”We just want to work now - have a dignified life,” he said. He said he migrated because the poverty in Venezuela is extreme. “We are so hungry but have no idea where to go or what to do,” said Rios, who left his three children and wife back in his native country. ![]() They all met on their journey from Texas to Chicago, they said. ”We just want a place to sleep tonight,” said Jose Rios, 40, as other Venezuelan men surrounded him.
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