Community groups and volunteers are stepping up to assist and sometimes take into their homes new immigrants seeking refuge around the Chicago area as shelters fill up and temporary housing spaces, including shuttered schools, spark controversy.
As hundreds of asylum seekers arrive in the Chicago area, the death of one newly arrived immigrant illustrates the complex mental health problems they could face as they try to settle into a new life.
The owners of The Wiener’s Circle in Lincoln Park delivered food last week to a group of 60 migrants who’ve been eating primarily cold sandwiches since they arrived in Chicago on Dec. 26.