A bicyclist rides past an empty warehouse at 2241 S. Halsted St. in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 2, 2023. The building is the possible future site of a migrant shelter and the topic of a community meeting at Benito Juarez Community Academy auditorium Monday night.
More than 15,000 migrants have arrived in the city since August 2022 and that number is expected to double in the next several weeks, according to officials. Esmerelda Cargoca speaks during a community meeting about help for migrants, at the Benito Juarez Community Academy auditorium on Oct. 2, 2023. Amid the discord, a Argenis Davila, 45, stood out as he grabbed the microphone. He was one of the migrants that has arrived in the city in the last year and is now a resident of the Pilsen area.“Thanks to the volunteers’ help, I was able to get on my two feet, find a job, an apartment and now my children go to these schools,” he said in Spanish.
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