Oak Park church takes in more than 100 migrants from Chicago
OAK PARK, Ill. -- The Village of Oak Park is now taking in more than 100 migrants who were living outside a police station nearby on Chicago's West Side.As CBS 2's Marybel González reported Wednesday, more than 100 migrants have been taken in the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, at 611 Randolph St. in Oak Park. All their belongings were still outside early Wednesday evening.Inside, they were huddled closely – as Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is not a big church, but is warm.
As of Tuesday night, volunteers told us there were 150 people still sleeping outside in tents at the Austin District station – and of those, 60 were children.A warming bus from the Chicago Transit Authority did show up around 8 p.m., The City of Chicago is now providing the warming buses as temporary overnight shelter.
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