Summary

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Monday
Chicago

Mayor Brandon Johnson
(D) Chicago

Byron Sigcho Lopez
Member, Chicago City Council

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CHICAGO POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CONDITIONS AT A MIGRANT SHELTER.
A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS LIVING THERE DIED SUNDAY
AT LEAST FOUR MORE CHILDREN AND A TEENAGER HAVE NOW BEEN HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF ILLNESSES.
MICHELLE GALLARDO REPORTS.
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YOUNG MIGRANT FAMILIES WALK THEIR CHILDREN BACK FROM SCHOOL TO A PILSEN WAREHOUSE SHELTER WHERE MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING.
INSIDE ASYLUM SEEKERS SAY ILLNESS IS SO RAMPANT A FIVE YEAR OLD BOY DIED, CONVULSING IN HIS MOTHERS ARMS SUNDAY.
A WITNESS SAID --
NATS
"THE BABY WAS ON THE TABLE. THE MOM WAS BATHING HIM AND TOOK HIM OUT BECAUSE HE HAD A HIGH FEVER AND HE STARTED CONVULSING. THEY TOOK A LONG TIME TO CALL THE AMBULANCE."
AN AMBULANCE RUSHED 5 YEAR OLD JEAN CARLOS MARTINEZ TO COMER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
A WITNESS SAID THAT AMBULANCE TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO COME TO HIS RESCUE.
NATS
SHE SAID... "THE AMBULANCE TOOK A WHILE AND THE BOY TURNED PURPLE. THEY DID NOT GIVE HIM FIRST AID. THERE IS NO FIRST AID KITS. THERE IS NO MEDICINE TO REDUCE THE FEVER."
MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAID THE CITY IS SUPPORTING THE FAMILY AS BEST THEY CAN, ADDING THAT MANY MIGRANTS ARE ARRIVING IN CHICAGO ALREADY SICK.
Mayor Brandon Johnson/(D) Chicago: "At every single site throughout the City of Chicago, we provide onsite medical care. "
ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ DID AN EMERGENCY WALK THROUGH AT THE MASSIVE SHELTER THAT SITS IN HIS WARD.
HE SAYS CITY LEADERS ARE QUICKLY TRYING TO GET MORE HELP TO MIGRANTS IN AN EMERGENCY.
Byron Sigcho Lopez/Member, Chicago City Council: "I was here today making sure we have given them a direct number, available for people to be able to report it, some thing that unfortunately in the past was not done."
MIGRANTS HERE SAY THERE IS NO ON SITE MEDICAL CARE.
AND TELL US ILLNESS IS SPREADING QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH CHILDREN.
ONE WOMAN SAID: "THERE IS A CHICKEN POX OUTBREAK. THERE IS A FLU OUTBREAK. CHILDREN HAVE SCABIES. THERE ARE BED BUGS. ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS IN THAT SHELTER."
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THE SIX-STORY WAREHOUSE-TURNED SHELTER IS ONE OF CHICAGO'S LARGEST MIGRANT SHELTERS..
THE CITY IS STRUGGLING TO FIND HOUSING FOR THE BUSLOADS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS ARRIVING.
MEANWHILE -- AN OFFICIAL SAYS THE FAMILY OF THE BOY WHO DIED ARE NOW BEING CARED FOR ELSEWHERE.
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ILLINOIS IMMIGRATION MIGRANT BOY PILSEN WAREHOUSE