When volunteers found there was no way of keeping the makeshift shelter in Pilsen open despite the need for spaces to house thousands of migrants living in police stations across Chicago, their priorities shifted. They needed to find a way to help the asylum-seekers find permanent housing without the city’s assistance to ensure they wouldn’t go back to a station or the streets. The volunteers .
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It's the only sanctuary city that has pointed to resettlement as the primary solution to put migrants on a path to self-sufficiency. But there are not enough case managers or landlords willing or able to rent to keep up with demand.