{"id":21624,"date":"2024-02-27T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=21624"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:47:36","slug":"refugio-pilsen-chicago-crisis-migratoria-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigaci\u00f3n: Chicago ignor\u00f3 decenas de advertencias sobre las condiciones de los albergues para inmigrantes antes de la muerte del ni\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d8e1a6\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two pink socks and one tan sweater.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was all five-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero left behind, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner\u2019s records of his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The migrant boy, who officials say died from sepsis on Dec. 17 after falling ill at a city-run shelter in Pilsen, has become the symbol of Chicago&#8217;s struggle to provide adequate, safe housing for newly arrived immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d8f6ba\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d90832\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An autopsy report obtained by Borderless Magazine found that when he died, Jean Carlos was sick with Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A) \u2014 also known as Group A Strep \u2014 as well as COVID-19, Adenovirus and the common cold. Sepsis, the body\u2019s overactive response to a bacteria such as Strep, can be deadly if not treated immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the release of his autopsy, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called Jean Carlos\u2019 death a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2024\/february\/city-of-chicago-statement-on-the-medical-examiner-s-report-on-th.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201ctragic loss\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and reiterated the city\u2019s past statements on how the boy received immediate medical care and how \u201c[all] shelter residents are offered comprehensive medical examinations and care.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderless investigation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into the Pilsen shelter, released just days before the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/18\/5-dies-shelter-venezuelan-migrant-dangerous-conditions-chicago\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five-year-old died<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with new documents obtained by Borderless, paint a very different picture. In the weeks leading up to his death, migrants made at least 17 grievance reports to the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), decrying spoiled food, the rationing of water and mistreatment from staff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In formal complaints to the city and in interviews, migrants say shelter staff did not take their medical concerns seriously. When Jean Carlos became seriously ill, a migrant told reporters she saw him convulsing in the shelter\u2019s bathroom. She said shelter staff prevented her from giving the child CPR.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the city has taken steps to improve the quality of food and access to clean water for migrants living at the Pilsen shelter since Jean Carlos\u2019 death, eight migrants Borderless spoke to say little has changed since December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe changes are temporary,\u201d one migrant woman told Borderless in mid-January. \u201cAnd then it goes back to being the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"over-two-dozen-warnings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over Two Dozen Warnings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In early December, more than a dozen migrants detailed inhumane living conditions in the Halsted shelter, located at 2241 S. Halsted Ave., including freezing temperatures and unsanitary bathrooms. The shelter is a former factory complex that is part of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gisapps.chicago.gov\/gisimages\/zoning_pds\/PMD11.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planned Manufacturing District<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which city zoning laws <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/dam\/city\/depts\/zlup\/Sustainable_Development\/Publications\/Chicago_Sustainable_Industries\/CSI_3.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prohibit for residential development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The city opened the complex as a shelter in early October, telling nearby <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2023\/10\/03\/new-pilsen-migrant-shelter-will-house-400-people-starting-tuesday\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">residents it would hold up to 1,000 migrants.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By December, over 2,300 people lived there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the shelter, migrants described outbreaks of various illnesses \u2014 including chickenpox, the flu and upper respiratory infections \u2014 spreading without sufficient medical care. More than a dozen <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">migrants who spoke to Borderless, as well as videos taken inside the shelter that Borderless reviewed, showed that the facility <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.unhcr.org\/emergency-assistance\/shelter-camp-and-settlement\/shelter\/emergency-shelter-standard#:~:text=Shelters%20must%20provide%20protection%20from,materials%20are%20best%2C%20if%20available.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">failed to meet the basic standards for emergency shelter laid out by the U.N. Refugee Agency.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d92682\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_07-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">One of the first residents at the former warehouse turned migrant shelter in Pilsen documented the poor conditions she and her family had to live in upon arriving. She described a lack of water and medicine, limited access to toilets, inedible food, and a ceiling (pictured) that would rain white dust on her family as they slept.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Eli Ramirez\/City Bureau<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d934c1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no medicine,\u201d one woman told<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Borderless in mid-December,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just days before Jean Carlos\u2019 death. \u201cFor those who aren\u2019t working, we are out on the street asking for help to buy medicine. At the moment, my husband is sick. He has a throat infection [and the flu]. They checked him out, but they didn\u2019t give him anything. No antibiotics. No pain reliever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerns about the safety of the shelter were brought to city officials just weeks after the shelter opened, according to emails obtained by Borderless Magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Oct. 28, Ald. Nicole Lee (11th Ward) notified Mayor Johnson, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Brandie Knazze and other top officials of the shelter\u2019s dangerous conditions. Lee d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etailed concerns about exposed pipes with raw sewage, a cockroach infestation, a possible outbreak of illnesses, insufficient meals and water and mistreatment of migrants by shelter staff. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2024\/01\/17\/city-releases-unredacted-october-emails-detailing-unsanitary-migrant-shelter-conditions\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WTTW was the first to report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response, Knazze said contractors had added more bathrooms, cots were relocated away from sewage drains and the city was working with Cook County Health to expand medical coverage. While Knazze wrote that she was unaware of any mistreatment from staff and urged residents to submit grievance reports to OEMC, a grievance report submitted weeks earlier on Oct. 8 had already detailed poor treatment by shelter staff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are being denied water,\u201d the report says in Spanish. \u201cFood is bad. We are mistreated by staff. We are dying from the cold. The heater doesn&#8217;t work. We should be relocated or given housing assistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d1548d93f88\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-20884\" class=\"post-20884 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-investigation tag-pilsenshelter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23.12.11_Shelter_Web_02-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Investigation: Migrants Describe Inhumane Conditions at Chicago\u2019s Largest Shelter<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/mauricio-pena\/\" title=\"View all posts by Mauricio Pe\u00f1a, Katrina Pham, Nissa Rhee\">Mauricio Pe\u00f1a, Katrina Pham, Nissa Rhee<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">diciembre 14, 2023<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the emails from Ald. Lee were made public in January, Mayor Johnson defended the city\u2019s response, saying they took \u201cimmediate action\u201d after they received the emails in late October. But in the weeks following the emails, serious illnesses continued to spread through the shelter, and migrants filed over a dozen formal complaints about the shelter\u2019s conditions, according to reports reviewed by Borderless Magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the month of November alone, at least 16 migrants were transported to hospitals with severe medical conditions. These included a four-year-old who experienced chest pain, a fever and body aches; a resident who had facial droop; and a resident with a high fever who couldn\u2019t feel their hands and feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Migrants submitted at least 17 grievance reports about the Halsted shelter between Oct. 8 and Dec. 31. The day that Jean Carlos died, a parent with a child who had a fever of 103 F complained that a shelter staff member had canceled their call to an ambulance \u201cbecause he said he didn&#8217;t see the kid sick.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey laughed in my face,\u201d the grievance reads in Spanish. \u201cPlease, we are human beings \u2026 Today, there was a child who died here because he had a fever for days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next day, another migrant listed a number of complaints about the food and mistreatment from staff. \u201cThey keep us as prisoners,\u201d the migrant wrote in Spanish. \u201cWe can&#8217;t say anything to them because they reprimand us. And yesterday, a child died due to negligence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 20 calls were made to 911 from the Halsted shelter on Dec. 17 and 18, according to OEMC records.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d988fb\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_06-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Volunteers created a memorial for five-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero across the street from the Pilsen shelter where he was staying when he fell fatally ill in mid-December.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Sebasti\u00e1n Hidalgo for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d996e1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"the-death-of-a-child\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Death of a Child<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Carlos was a healthy boy \u2014 big for his age \u2014 and with clean fingernails, according to the autopsy report. Like many migrants staying in the city\u2019s shelter system, he and his family would sometimes beg for money on the street so they could buy additional food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Carlos was sick with a fever for two or three days before his death, according to a police report obtained by Borderless Magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Dec. 16, Jean Carlos\u2019 parents gave him Tylenol and what they were told was ibuprofen to help with his fever. The following day, he woke up asking for food. After eating breakfast, the family spent the day panhandling before Jean Carlos said he wanted to return home because he wasn\u2019t feeling well. After having electrolytes, his parents said he immediately vomited.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the family returned to the shelter, they notified the staff that Jean Carlos\u2019 lips were purple. A staff member said it was probably because of the cold weather, according to an unredacted police report obtained by Borderless Magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 2:45 p.m., the boy said he was bloated and needed to use the restroom before collapsing and having a seizure. Shelter staff called for an ambulance after the mother screamed for help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A migrant woman, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told City Bureau reporters that she walked into the bathroom with her son that afternoon. She said she witnessed Jean Carlos\u2019 mother pouring water on the five-year-old\u2019s head to cool him down from the fever before he collapsed and started convulsing on the floor. The migrant said the nervous mother passed her son to a man who placed the boy on a table. While the mother screamed for help, shelter staff closed the bathroom door, preventing anyone from coming in or leaving, the migrant said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d1548d9a278\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage-2\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-20976\" class=\"post-20976 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-immigration-policy category-investigation tag-migrantshelterdeath\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/18\/5-dies-shelter-venezuelan-migrant-dangerous-conditions-chicago\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23.12.11_Shelter_Web_05-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/18\/5-dies-shelter-venezuelan-migrant-dangerous-conditions-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Ill At Chicago\u2019s Largest Migrant Shelter<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/mauricio-pena\/\" title=\"View all posts by Mauricio Pe\u00f1a\">Mauricio Pe\u00f1a<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/18\/5-dies-shelter-venezuelan-migrant-dangerous-conditions-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">diciembre 18, 2023<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The migrant woman, who is trained in CPR, offered to perform CPR on the boy but was told by shelter staff not to touch the child because it wasn\u2019t \u201csafe.\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Favorite Healthcare Staffing, which is contracted by the city to run the shelter, did not respond to Borderless\u2019 questions about whether migrants were prevented from performing CPR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Carlos was transported to the University of Chicago Comer\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital alone. His parents weren\u2019t allowed in the ambulance, and the police later took them there. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the police and autopsy records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a Dec. 19 statement, the Chicago Department of Public Health said that Jean Carlos did not appear to have died from an infectious disease. The department stated there was no evidence of an outbreak, and the other people hospitalized from the shelter did not appear to be related. An official autopsy has since shown that the boy did, in fact, have several infectious diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this month, the Cook County Medical Examiner said Jean Carlos died of sepsis from Strep. The autopsy report shows that COVID-19,\u00a0 Adenovirus, and the common cold were also contributing factors. Sepsis is a life-threatening emergency and requires immediate medical attention. The illness occurs when the body\u2019s immune system has a severe reaction to an infection, which can lead to organ failure and death. \u201cThe best way to reduce the risk of sepsis is to avoid infections,\u201d have good hygiene, avoid unclean water and unsanitary toilets and eat a healthy diet, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/sepsis#:~:text=of%20new%20antibiotics.-,Prevention,home%20and%20in%20healthcare%20settings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/ccmjournal\/abstract\/2006\/06000\/duration_of_hypotension_before_initiation_of.1.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to research published in the journal Critical Care Medicine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cthe risk of death from sepsis increases by an average of up to 7.6% with every hour that passes before treatment begins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"its-still-the-same\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s Still the Same\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A week before Christmas, several dozen local, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2023\/12\/19\/migrant-child-death-chicago-shelter\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">national<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12882885\/Chicago-migrants-Pilsen-shelter-child-dies.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">international outlets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> descended on the shelter to cover Jean Carlos\u2019 death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some captured footage of first responders taking shelter residents by ambulance, while others interviewed migrants describing the mistreatment from staff, poor food and rampant illnesses spreading behind closed doors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the frigid evening of Dec. 20, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/21\/chicago-mayor-shelter-officials-respond-to-living-conditions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hundreds of mourners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gathered across the street from the Halsted shelter to grieve the loss of the five-year-old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis was a preventable death. And it was 100% expected,\u201d said Britt Hodgdon, a social worker who volunteers to support migrants, at the December vigil. \u201cWe knew this was coming. We\u2019ve been raising the alarms for months and months and months.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an email obtained by Borderless, members of the Mobile Migrant Health Team, a volunteer group of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uic.edu\/uic-medical-students-doctors-provide-migrant-care\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doctors and medical students providing medical care to migrants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, emailed Johnson and other city officials after Jean Carlos\u2019 death, pleading with them to allow volunteer medical providers into city-run shelters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe ask that you, Mayor Johnson, take stock of the resources we present and utilize them to address the most urgent needs,\u201d the email reads. \u201cWe will continue to meet with other organizations and coordinate further. These are the two most rapid solutions to prevent death.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d9d441\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/240222_PilsenShelter_Update_Web_05-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Dozens of residents and migrants gather to mourn the death of a five-year-old boy, Juan Carlos Martinez Rivero, on December 20th, 2023. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Sebasti\u00e1n Hidalgo for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d9e0a6\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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But months later, the full investigation findings have yet to be shared publicly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asked about the conditions at the Pilsen shelter, a mayor\u2019s office spokesperson told Borderless on Monday that the city was \u201cconstantly assessing how to improve conditions\u201d across the city\u2019s shelter system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City officials said they have made a number of changes at the site, including expanded health screenings and vaccinations with the Chicago Department of Public Health, Cook County Health and other federally qualified health centers. The city has also worked with food providers to improve food quality and they have remediated sewage pipes. They also added water bottle filter stations and heat and smoke detection systems to the shelter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement on Monday, Favorite Healthcare Staffing said it followed a \u201cstandard grievance procedure\u201d for employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFavorite does not tolerate or accept discriminatory or abusive behavior by its staff, and expects all staff to treat shelter residents with respect and care,\u201d Favorite Staffing spokesperson Keenan Driver said in a prepared statement. \u201cComplaints are investigated and any verified via the grievance process are addressed, including up to termination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a similar statement, city officials said city-run shelters follow an anonymous grievance process for new arrivals. The city said it did not tolerate discrimination or abuse, and any substantiated reports would result in corrective action, including termination. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They noted DFSS officials and security personnel are regularly visiting the shelter. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<blockquote><p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPlease, we are human beings \u2026 Today, there was a child who died here because he had a fever for days.\u201d &#8211; Migrant in official grievance report submitted Dec. 17 <\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the weeks and months since Jean Carlos\u2019 death, several migrants noted slight improvements to food and fixed heating conditions. One migrant who left the shelter in December said that she saw changes come quickly after Jean Carlos\u2019 death. She said more doctors would come to the shelter, the food improved, a playground was built for children, and if a child was sick, migrants were provided with thermometers to check their temperatures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But others told Borderless that shelter staff continued to treat residents poorly in January and February, frequently threatening to kick people out for taking videos or photos. They also said bathrooms remained unsanitary. One man said they had to ask staff for toilet paper before going to the bathroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another migrant expressed frustration about construction work taking place around beds, with dust raining down on small children. In one video shared in January with Borderless, a worker wearing a mask is seen working on the floor in the middle of cots as small children play nearby.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1548d9f230\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a recent Friday afternoon, nearly a dozen vendors line the sidewalk selling arepas, soup and other Venezuelan street foods as semitrucks and cars zoom past. As several migrants make their way in and out of the shelter, a young couple leaves the building with two small boys following closely behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The couple, whom Borderless is not identifying for fear of retaliation, said life in the shelter has been challenging from the day they stepped inside in early October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the dozens of migrants who have spoken with Borderless since December, the couple listed familiar concerns: poor sanitation, mistreatment from staff and a lack of adequate medical care amid many illnesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSigue igual,\u201d the man said in Spanish, while his wife nodded. \u201cIt\u2019s still the same.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FOIA Bakery contributed documents received through the Freedom of Information Act that were used in the reporting of this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citybureau.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City Bureau<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Senior Reporter Sarah Conway and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citybureau.org\/fellowship-application\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City Bureau Civic Reporting Fellow<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sebasti\u00e1n Hidalgo contributed reporting to this story.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for this investigation came from the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/fij.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fund For Investigative Journalism<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pesar de las advertencias, las numerosas hospitalizaciones y las docenas de denuncias, las autoridades de Chicago introdujeron continuamente a miles de migrantes en una nave industrial que nunca fue concebida para albergar personas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":21613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,66],"tags":[546],"coauthors":[283,471,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-21624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environmentandhealth","8":"category-investigation","9":"tag-pilsenshelter4"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chicago Ignored Warnings at Migrant Shelter Before Child\u2019s Death &#8211; 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