Around 3,100 migrants are in temporary shelters, relying on donated clothes and food as Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson inherits the crisis. “We don’t have beds. Children are sleeping on the floor," one man said.
The city is working to support the migrants, but officials said it's been difficult to plan when there is no communication from the states sending people here.
Jesus David Lucena Castillo has spent more than five years separated from his family. During Día de los Muertos, a friendly encounter changes his course in the city.