Chicago is another “sanctuary city” that has received migrants from Texas.
The city is running out of room. Officials have housed hundreds of migrants at O’Hare:
The area where asylum seekers being kept is under the guise of black curtains, by the bus shuttle center, out of sight for most of the people coming through the airport. Those stationed said O’Hare has been their home for several days.“While they find another place for us to go, some have been here for 10 days, but people keep leaving and the city of Chicago will take us and will find a place for us to stay,” a man from Venezuela said.He said there are hundreds of people like him are in the same boat and while it’s not their choice to sleep here there’s little else they can do.“No one likes to live there, it’s just a process that we have to wait for. To be called and then we can leave. You are not going to be there for months, you are only there for days while the city finds a place for you.”
Yes, only a black curtain separates them from travelers.
One migrant described the conditions as inhumane with “many children sick to their stomachs and other things because the food they are being given is not adequate food.”
Leaders at the volunteer medical team treating migrants at police stations were concerned after carrying out an emergency assignment there Saturday.They saw more than 300 patients, including more than 100 children, said Sara Izquierdo, the team’s founder. Many were vomiting from the food.“Cereal is not enough, [instant ramen] is not enough,” Izquierdo said. “I’d really like to see an improvement on the food at O’Hare, even if it’s talking to the restaurants there to see if they can get together leftover food at the end of the day.”
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