Days after a child living at a Chicago migrant shelter died and others were hospitalized, a group of medical providers close to the shelter are alleging.
The city has said migrants in shelters receive health screenings. A source close to the matter said that of the thousands at the Pilsen shelter where a child died, only a few hundred have been screened.
Authorities are investigating the death of a 5-year-old boy Sunday who had been staying inside a warehouse on the Lower West Side housing several thousand migrants. The parents of Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero are devastated, said Matt DeMateo, executive director and pastor at New Life Centers, who is consoling the family and mediating their communication with city officials as the investigation .
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The mayor and his staff must demand and get answers regarding what happened in Pilsen and bear the responsibility for fixing the entire migrant settlement effort.