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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophia Tareen and Melissa Perez Winder

Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

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Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation’s busiest airports is Chicago’s unsettling response to a growing population of asylum-seekers arriving by plane.

Hundreds of migrants, from babies to the elderly, live inside a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 1. They sleep on cardboard pads on the floor and share airport bathrooms. A private firm monitors their movements.

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