Posted5/24/2021 5:30 AM
Three groups of DuPage County women have banded together to provide aid to dozens of asylum-seekers and new immigrants arriving daily in Chicago. Two areas we are concentrating on is attempting to find affordable housing and mentors, said Patricia Motto, 73, of Elmhurst, a retired civil rights lawyer and member of the Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants board of directors.
The group has been working with Half the Sky of Elmhurst and 6,000 Moms of Wheaton to help stock a storage unit across from Chicago s Greyhound bus station. Its clients are legal asylum-seekers who have been processed at the border and allowed into the United States.