{"id":23448,"date":"2024-10-01T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=23448"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:41:02","slug":"chicago-pilsen-refugio-inmigrantes-solicitantes-de-asilo-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/10\/01\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-asylum-seekers-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"El mayor centro de acogida de inmigrantes de Chicago cierra tras un a\u00f1o problem\u00e1tico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e63d992aa8d\"  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;\">Chicago has closed two more migrant shelters, including the largest facility on the city\u2019s Lower West Side, where a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five-year-old<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> boy died of Sepsis last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision to consolidate city-run facilities, known as the One System Initiative, comes as the number of residents has dwindled and fewer asylum seekers are arriving in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shelter in Pilsen, at 2241 S. Halsted St., once housed over 2,300 migrants, and the Ogden facility, at 344 N. Ogden Ave., was officially closed by Tuesday. According to city officials, a third facility, Lakeshore Shelter, will close its doors by Oct. 24.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e63d992c0c2\"  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; 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 border_color_909090 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\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e63d992cb53\"  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 large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; 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_69e63d992d206\" 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;\">In an email statement, Brian Berg, Director of Public Affairs at the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, said shelter residents would be offered placement in other city-run shelters, ensuring continuity of care and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe City is coordinating with Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Department of Public Health, State and County partners, and wrap-around service partners to minimize disruptions to impacted families and ensure continuity of care,\u201d Berg said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday morning, vendors selling food outside the Pilsen shelter said the facility had been emptied over the last week. By Sunday, the remaining residents were<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relocated to other shelters, including Super 8, a property formerly used by the U.S. Marine Corp in the North Side and a building in West Town, according to vendors and migrants who spoke to Borderless Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jose Gregorio Garcia, who arrived from Venezuela in December and now sells food and drinks outside the shelter, said: \u201cbuses have been arriving in the back of the shelter to pick up migrants over the last couple of weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another vendor, who is also a former resident of the Pilsen shelter, said the migrants were \u201cforced\u201d out of the shelter <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and bused away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69e63d992e70f\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div 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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;\">The Pilsen shelter, located in a former industrial warehouse, opened in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">early Oct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 2023 and became a flashpoint in the city\u2019s struggle to house thousands of migrants being bused and flown from Republican-led states in the Southern border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last December, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderless Magazine was the first to report <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">concerns about overcrowding, mistreatment from staff, unsanitary conditions, and lack of access to proper food and medical services. Three days later, 5-year-old Jean Carlos Mart\u00ednez Rivero died from sepsis on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec. 17<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2023.<\/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_69e63d9932ecc\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; 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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;\">\u201cThere is no medicine,\u201d one woman told Borderless<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His death drew public attention to the poor conditions within the shelter. Following the boy\u2019s death, Mayor Brandon Johnson\u2019s administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pledged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make changes that include expanding health screenings and vaccinations, working with food providers to improve food quality, remediating sewage pipes, adding water bottle filter stations and heat and smoke detection systems to the shelter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A second <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderless investigation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that city officials ignored early warnings and calls to improve conditions at the shelter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69e63d99349ca\" 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 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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\/2024\/02\/27\/chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-crisis-jean-carlos-martinez-sepsis-brandon-johnson\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">febrero 27, 2024<\/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;\">In March, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/03\/11\/chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-measles-viral-infection-centers-for-disease-and-control\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centers for Disease and Contro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l were dispatched to support Chicago\u2019s Department of Public Health during a measles outbreak at the shelter in Pilsen. The following month, there were also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2024\/04\/04\/chicago-officials-confirm-tuberculosis-cases-at-migrant-shelters\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirmed cases of tuberculosis.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berg did not respond to questions on whether the death, allegations of mistreatment, and health concerns contributed to the shelters\u2019 closing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diana, who arrived from Venezuela in December 2023, was bused from the Pilsen shelter to the Super 8 shelter about three weeks ago. She said the city notified them that they would be closing it down about a week before they relocated her, but they did not provide an explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite concerns about the Pilsen shelter, she said she had no complaints about it or its staff. \u201cI heard people were not happy about [the Pilsen shelter], but given the circumstances, we were good,\u201d said Diana. \u201cWe had a roof over our head and food.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Super 8, she shares a room with seven other people, including her daughter and husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday morning, Junior Jose Quero Quero, an immigrant from Venezuela, said he had been staying in the Pilsen shelter up until four months ago for about six months. He recalls it being in a good condition with running air conditioning. \u201cIf I end up in a shelter again, I want it to be there,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<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%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\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\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2024_09_30_Pilsen-Migrant-Shelter_Web_02-768x512.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\">Junior Jose Quero Quero in front of the recently closed migrant shelter where he once lived in the Pilsen neighborhood on Monday, Sept. 30th, 2024.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Oscar Gomez\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a peak of new arrivals, Chicago had nearly 30 migrant shelters <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2024\/02\/06\/chicago-migrant-crisis-housing-oak-park-venezuela-shelters-housing-crisis\/#:~:text=Organizing%2C%20Staff%20pick-,Chicago%20shelters%20house%20over%2015%2C000%20migrants.,home%20in%20suburban%20Forest%20Park.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with nearly 15,000 residents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 5,317 residents live in 16 active city- and state-run shelters, with over 2,300 available beds as of late September, according to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Fatema Hosseini is a \u00a0Roy W. 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