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Evanston faith communities provide housing for migrants

After attending a training on faith communities helping with the migrant crisis, Grace Lutheran Church congregant Nancy Mathyer proposed hosting a migrant family in the church. The congregation took it to a vote in October 2023, and the measure passed with overwhelming support. “Part of Grace Lutheran Church is putting our faith into action courageously,”. ....

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Chicago migrant family faces health, document setbacks

Chicago migrant family faces health, document setbacks
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A migrant family in peril: He's paralyzed. She just had a C-section and is caring for her husband and children. And their immigration papers just got tossed.

Genesis Chacon was pregnant when she essentially carried her husband and toddler across countries to get to Chicago. Her healthy, able-bodied husband became paralyzed from the chest down due to a rare condition he developed while on their journey to the United States last summer. Now, the 22-year-old mother from Venezuela tends to his every need — even as she recovers from a C-section she had . ....

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A migrant family in peril: He's paralyzed. She just had a C-section and is caring for her husband and children. And their immigration papers just got tossed. | National

Genesis Chacon was pregnant when she essentially carried her husband and toddler across countries to get to Chicago. ....

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A migrant family in peril: He's paralyzed. She just had a C-section and is caring for her husband and children. And their immigration papers just got tossed.

Genesis Chacon was pregnant when she essentially carried her husband and toddler across countries to get to Chicago. Her healthy, able-bodied husband became paralyzed from the chest down due to a rare condition he developed while on their journey to the United States last summer. Now, the 22-year-old mother from Venezuela tends to his every need — even as she recovers from a C-section she had . ....

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