Cities Say Shelters Full, Budgets Hit by Immigration Uptick – U.S. News and World Report

Migrants taking shelter in Chicago police stations this week said they want to find work and provide for themselves, but need temporary shelter and assistance navigating a new country. But they have been caught up in the city's struggle to provide shelter to so many. “Every day they tell us the same thing, there’s no shelter, that we need to wait,” said Ibo Brandelli, who left Venezuela with his wife and their two daughters in January.

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