Migrants staying at police stations as they await temporary shelter in Chicago say they are better off, claiming they heard from friends how the conditions are worse at city-run shelters.
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Dozens of illegal migrants are sleeping on the floor of a Chicago police station as the city struggles to house the hoards of border crossers arriving daily.
Chicago police have become overran with migrant encampments inside their precincts as the city s shelters are at capacity, leading cops to feel it is impossible to perform their duties.