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Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.
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Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.

Photos: Migrants take shelter from the cold

By | smrosenberg@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune
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Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.
Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.
Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.
Migrants wait with their packed up belongings to be relocated from outside of the 8th District Chicago Police Department in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023.
Yessica Karolina Badell Palmar, right, a migrant from Venezuela, in her tent outside the Chicago police 1st District station on South State Street as cold weather takes hold on Oct. 30, 2023.
Yessica Karolina Badell Palmar, right, a migrant from Venezuela, in her tent outside the Chicago police 1st District station on South State Street as cold weather takes hold on Oct. 30, 2023.
Betzy Bermejo, 31, center,covers her face with a blanket while looking up at Paula Oliver, 23, both from Venezuela, while waiting with other migrants to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church after spending the night at the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2023 in Oak Park. Most of the migrants who slept inside the police station were mothers and children while others slept in tents near the entrance or across the street in a parking lot.
Betzy Bermejo, 31, center,covers her face with a blanket while looking up at Paula Oliver, 23, both from Venezuela, while waiting with other migrants to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church after spending the night at the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2023 in Oak Park. Most of the migrants who slept inside the police station were mothers and children while others slept in tents near the entrance or across the street in a parking lot.
Migrants sleep inside the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023 in Chicago.
Migrants sleep inside the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023 in Chicago.
Migrants from Venezuela and other countries who are sheltering at the Chicago police 1st District station on S. State Street wear donated winter clothing on Oct. 31, 2023.
Migrants from Venezuela and other countries who are sheltering at the Chicago police 1st District station on S. State Street wear donated winter clothing on Oct. 31, 2023.
Roswuelys Salazar, 13, left, holds a halloween costume that her grandmother Nelys Cedeño, 48, received form a volunteer in Oak Park before the two go to sleep in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District Chicago police station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Roswuelys Salazar, 13, left, holds a halloween costume that her grandmother Nelys Cedeño, 48, received form a volunteer in Oak Park before the two go to sleep in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District Chicago police station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Enrique Brito, 39, center, from Venezuela, makes tea before going to sleep inside a tent in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District police station, Oct. 30, 2023, in Chicago.
Enrique Brito, 39, center, from Venezuela, makes tea before going to sleep inside a tent in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District police station, Oct. 30, 2023, in Chicago.
Alexandro Brito, shines a light on his girlfriend Cristian Villanueva, both from Venezuela, before sleeping in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood on Oct. 30, 2023 in Chicago. Most of the migrants who slept inside the police station were mothers and children while others slept in tents near the entrance or across the street in a parking lot.
Alexandro Brito, shines a light on his girlfriend Cristian Villanueva, both from Venezuela, before sleeping in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood on Oct. 30, 2023 in Chicago. Most of the migrants who slept inside the police station were mothers and children while others slept in tents near the entrance or across the street in a parking lot.
From left, Paula Oliver, 23, Carmen Paez, 39, Dhian Gomez, 29, Junior Valor, 32, Carmen Díaz, 51, and Luisana Aguero, 21, all from Venezuela, wait with other migrants to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church in Oak Park after spending the night at the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023.
From left, Paula Oliver, 23, Carmen Paez, 39, Dhian Gomez, 29, Junior Valor, 32, Carmen Díaz, 51, and Luisana Aguero, 21, all from Venezuela, wait with other migrants to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church in Oak Park after spending the night at the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023.
A group of migrants who've been staying at the 15th District Chicago police station talk in a hallway with volunteers after attending an Oak Park village board meeting on Oct. 30, 2023 in Oak Park.
A group of migrants who’ve been staying at the 15th District Chicago police station talk in a hallway with volunteers after attending an Oak Park village board meeting on Oct. 30, 2023 in Oak Park.
Manuel Erman, 50, from Venezuela brushes his teeth inside a bathroom while migrants sleep inside the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023.
Manuel Erman, 50, from Venezuela brushes his teeth inside a bathroom while migrants sleep inside the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023.
A bucket sits next to a sink inside a bathroom while migrants sleep inside the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023.
A bucket sits next to a sink inside a bathroom while migrants sleep inside the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023.
Venezuelan migrants Andrelys Leon, 28, and her son Thiago Marin, 7, lug their suitcases past rows of sleeping migrants inside the police station in the 1400 block of South Blue Island Avenue on Oct. 31, 2023. The mother and son were leaving the shelter and heading towards the Greyhound Bus station for a ride out of Chicago to Texas where her brother lives.
Venezuelan migrants Andrelys Leon, 28, and her son Thiago Marin, 7, lug their suitcases past rows of sleeping migrants inside the police station in the 1400 block of South Blue Island Avenue on Oct. 31, 2023. The mother and son were leaving the shelter and heading towards the Greyhound Bus station for a ride out of Chicago to Texas where her brother lives.
Nelys Cedeño, 48, from Venezuela prepares a shake after spending the night in a tent located in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood, on Oct. 31, 2023.
Nelys Cedeño, 48, from Venezuela prepares a shake after spending the night in a tent located in a parking lot across the street from the 15th District Chicago police station in the Austin neighborhood, on Oct. 31, 2023.
Venezuelan migrants Marielis Rivas and her son, Leondro, 1, take shelter outside the 1st District police station on Oct. 31, 2023.
Venezuelan migrants Marielis Rivas and her son, Leondro, 1, take shelter outside the 1st District police station on Oct. 31, 2023.
Migrants layer up with coats and blankets outside their rows of tents along the sidewalk outside the 1st District police station in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2023.
Migrants layer up with coats and blankets outside their rows of tents along the sidewalk outside the 1st District police station in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2023.
Rows of migrants take shelter inside a crowded police station in the 1400 block of South Blue Island Avenue, in Chicago, on Oct. 31, 2023.
Rows of migrants take shelter inside a crowded police station in the 1400 block of South Blue Island Avenue, in Chicago, on Oct. 31, 2023.
A “Home sweet home” sign placed alongside where migrants take shelter in their tents adjacent to the police station in the 1400 block of South Blue Island Avenue on Oct. 31, 2023.
Cold weather arrives in Chicago as migrants exit a heated CTA bus parked outside the First District Police Station at State Street in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)
Cold weather arrives in Chicago as migrants exit a heated CTA bus parked outside the First District Police Station at State Street in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)
Migrants sleep in the aisle of a CTA warming bus parked outside the 9th District police station in the 3100 block of South Halsted Street on Oct. 31, 2023.
Migrants sleep in the aisle of a CTA warming bus parked outside the 9th District police station in the 3100 block of South Halsted Street on Oct. 31, 2023.
Outside the Chicago police 1st District station, migrants eat and take a break from the cold weather on a Chicago Transit Authority warming bus on Oct. 30, 2023.
Outside the Chicago police 1st District station, migrants eat and take a break from the cold weather on a Chicago Transit Authority warming bus on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants queue up outside the Chicago police 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023, to get donated clothing that is better suited for colder temperatures.
Migrants queue up outside the Chicago police 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023, to get donated clothing that is better suited for colder temperatures.
Migrants are seen inside the Chicago police 1st District station on South State Street as temperatures fall on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants are seen inside the Chicago police 1st District station on South State Street as temperatures fall on Oct. 30, 2023.
An infant migrant inside the Chicago police 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023.
An infant migrant inside the Chicago police 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants use a Chicago Transit Authority bus designated as a warming station outside the Chicago police 1st District station as cold weather arrives on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants use a Chicago Transit Authority bus designated as a warming station outside the Chicago police 1st District station as cold weather arrives on Oct. 30, 2023.
Wearing socks and slippers, migrants line up for donated footwear better suited for colder weather outside the Chicago police 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Wearing socks and slippers, migrants line up for donated footwear better suited for colder weather outside the Chicago police 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Peter Les, center background, helps distribute donated clothing better suited for colder weather to migrants outside the 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Peter Les, center background, helps distribute donated clothing better suited for colder weather to migrants outside the 1st District station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants wearing socks and slippers raise their hands during the distribution of donated footwear better suited for cold weather on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants wearing socks and slippers raise their hands during the distribution of donated footwear better suited for cold weather on Oct. 30, 2023.
Alejandra Perez Cadena, left, of Colombia, and other female migrants wearing socks and slippers line up outside the Chicago police 1st District station, Oct. 30, 2023, for donated footwear better suited to cold weather.
Alejandra Perez Cadena, left, of Colombia, and other female migrants wearing socks and slippers line up outside the Chicago police 1st District station, Oct. 30, 2023, for donated footwear better suited to cold weather.
Migrants sort through donated clothing better suited for colder weather outside the 1st District police station on Oct. 30, 2023.
Migrants sort through donated clothing better suited for colder weather outside the 1st District police station on Oct. 30, 2023.
A young migrant uses a phone as other devices charge, Oct. 30, 2023.
A young migrant uses a phone as other devices charge, Oct. 30, 2023.

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