Chicago volunteers step up to help migrants with Title 42 border policy set to expire Thursday

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People in Chicago are stepping up to help, as thousands of migrants make their way to Chicago.

The United States is preparing to take in many more migrants starting Thursday as Title 42 expires late Thursday night.That change could impact Chicago with the city already struggling to house migrants bused here from Texas.Volunteer coordinator Veronica Saldana with the Pilsen Food Pantry delivered diapers and other essential items Thursday morning to a shelter in Pilsen housing close to 70 migrants.

Dulce Garduno is volunteering at the Pilsen shelter. The building was donated by a local business owner after the 12th District Police Station had to turn some asylum seekers away."I'm coming here to talk with them to listen to them but not just listen to their stories, you know you are here, you are welcome," Garduno said.

"We are clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in the days and weeks ahead," United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said.with city-run shelters full and resources scarce as hundreds of migrants keep arriving in Chicago by the day.

 

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