The closing of the Little Village shelter comes at a time when more than 5,000 migrant shelter beds in Chicago are empty.
CHICAGO -- A state-run migrant shelter that opened earlier this year in a vacant CVS store in the Little Village will be closing in the coming weeks, as the number of asylum seekers staying in Chicago shelters continues to drop.The Little Village shelter has housed hundreds of migrants since it opened in January.
The Resurrection Project has seen migrants coming to Chicago successfully establishing networks of friends and family, meaning many might no longer need the city or state to house them.'That's the best network for people to come learn about what it's like to live in Chicago. You know, how to use CTA. How to be able to find a job. And so it just creates a much better network for immigrants to stay and thrive,' she said.
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