This is a humanitarian crisis. There are more and more families dropped off at the Chicago Police Department's 12th district station. They need our help to find shelter, food and basic needs. No one chooses to migrate for fun. Anything helps these families, please consider donating or sharing. Read More Here

Dozens of families sit outside of the 12th district police station on the Near West Side. Everything they own, pillows, blankets, strollers, is stacked on the sidewalk. Chicago's migrant crisis continues to grow more serious as thousands arriving from the border and the city is struggling to help them.

Hundreds of families have been living out of police stations and city buildings after Lightfoot said they were "inhumanely" bused to Chicago.

Over the last three weeks, city officials said Chicago has seen a 10-fold increase in migrant arrivals, which had slowed to a trickle following the initial months when busloads were arriving on what seemed like a daily basis. Financial resources are scarce. State money allocated to shelter the thousands already here has run out, and federal dollars have been slow to trickle down.

"I'm hoping to really see a turn because it's show time, the emergency is here after May 12th, we will see a surge of tens of thousands of people at the border we don't have time," said 49th Ward Ald. Maria Hadden.

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But the city is running out of resources and space to house them, so asylum seekers have been sleeping in public spaces like police stations for weeks.

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