Chicago keeps hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Being Housed At Chicago Airport

"A volunteer team of doctors visited once over the summer and their supplies were decimated."

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

Up to 500 people have lived at O'Hare simultaneously in a space far smaller than a city block, shrouded by a curtain fastened shut with staples.

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

CHICAGO — Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation's busiest airports is Chicago's unsettling response to a growing population of asylum-seekers arriving by plane.

Chicago housing hundreds of migrants at O'Hare airport, raising...

Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation’s busiest airports is Chicago’s unsettling response to a growing population of asylum seekers arriving by plane.

Chicago keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters, tents

Most of the 14,000 immigrants who have arrived in Chicago during the last year have come from Texas, largely under the direction of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Many are from Venezuela.

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports

Like New York and other cities, Chicago has struggled to house asylum-seekers, slowly moving people out of temporary spaces.