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FREE Vol. 37 No. 41
October 11, 2023 ■ Also serving Garfield Park ■ austinweeklynews.com
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North Lawndale gets a kick from Route 66, page 6
As migrant population increases, BUILD pivots to cope Nonprofit accepts new kinds of donations to support migrants coming into the 25th District By FRANCIA GARCIA HERNANDEZ Staff Reporter
An influx of new arrivals in Chicago has driven BUILD Chicago to aid dozens more asylum-seekers sheltered at local police stations. Last week, around 45 asylum-seekers, mostly single men, used BUILD’s showers, an increase from a couple of days before. By this week, the number of asylum-seekers sheltered at the station doubled. On average, BUILD serves groups of 15 to 20 asylum-seekers sheltered at the police station at the intersection of North Central and West Grand Avenues. Sudden changes in the number of asylum-seekers at police stations have been the norm for the past few months. From one day to another, it is common for volunteers and nonprofit representatives to find new asylum-seekers who just arrived at a police station. Often, the newly arrived See BUILD on page 9
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Resistance forms to using Amundsen Park field house to shelter migrants REPORT BY IGOR STUDENKOV, PAGE 4
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