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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Elvia Malagón

Community group at odds with shelter, city over donations for immigrants bused from Texas

The Pilsen-based Mural Movement plans to continue providing donations directly to immigrants arriving in chartered buses from Texas. (Provided by the Mural Movement)

A Pilsen-based community group at odds with city and shelter officials over how to get donations to immigrants bused from Texas says it plans to continue giving items directly to the newly arrived community.

For weeks, the Mural Movement along with other community leaders have stopped by the Salvation Army’s Humboldt Park shelters to greet those arriving on Texas-chartered buses. But late last week, the donation effort led to a confrontation between the group and a Salvation Army worker that can be heard on a video posted online using expletives while telling the community group to leave.

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