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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: More Migrants Expected, But What About Thousands Already Here?
Description: More than 8,000 asylum-seekers, many from Venezuela, have arrived in Chicago since last fall. Unfortunately, the lack of coordination at every level of government has left many migrants without basic survival resources and services to make the transition once they get to Chicago. Plus, the city’s plan to open local shelters have run into pushback as residents across the city feel left out of the process. To better understand the nature of this crisis and what every day Chicagoans can do, host Jacoby Cochran talks to Block Club Chicago’s Madison Savedra and Little Village Community Council president Baltazar Enri...