Daywatch: Texas migrants in Chicago face uncertain futures
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After nearly two weeks in a detention center in a border town in Texas, Naydelin Guerrel, 19, arrived in Chicago Wednesday night in one of the two buses with dozens of other migrants from Latin America who are seeking asylum. When her bus got to Union Station, Guerrel had an address where she would find refuge for the night: a church in Humboldt Park that has been converted into a makeshift shelter.
“I’m grateful to be here. I’m grateful for those that have stepped up to help us,” Guerrel said in Spanish as she stood next to a church pew and an air mattress on the ground.
Given the need for resources for the newly arrived migrants, mostly Venezuelans, Jacobita Cortes decided to turn the small house of worship on Division Avenue, Adalberto Memorial United Methodist Church, into a temporary shelter that has housed more than 30 migrants, including women and children, since early June.
After a visit to greet some of the migrants, Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, but affirmed Chicago will provide a safe haven.
“Gov. Abbott has confirmed what unfortunately many of us already had known that he is a man without any morals, humanity or shame,” Lightfoot said. “These are human beings. Moms and dads, young children, elders who deserve our respect and dignity. They’re not cargo.”
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Laura Rodríguez Presa and see photos of the migrants’ arrival and stay in Chicago.
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