Daniella Silva is a national reporter for NBC News, focusing on immigration and education.
CHICAGO — On the week of her due date, Elibexis Alvarez, a Venezuelan migrant, was preparing to give birth to her first child far away from her parents and the home country she never thought she’d leave. She and her husband, Johan Jose Medina, have spent the last four months living in temporary shelters in Chicago after fleeing escalating violence in Venezuela.
“I cried and screamed,” Alvarez said, fearing that her husband would be deported while she remained in the U.S. alone. The couple, who have been married for five years, were reunited in January. More than 41,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since 2022, when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing thousands of migrants to Democratic cities. There were 7,969 migrants living in Chicago’s city and state-run shelters as of May 6, according to the most recent data available on the city’s website.
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