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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Curtis Lawrence

Could housing migrants at 12th District police station lead to better community relations?

Young migrants bike and walk outside the 12th District police station where dozens of them have been temporarily staying, on July 7. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

On my way to and from work, I pass by the 12th District Police Station at 14th Street and Blue Island Avenue. Over the past year, it’s come to look a little different now that it’s become a temporary home for asylum-seekers bused to Chicago.

Instead of a sterile and business-like exterior with cops and detectives coming in and out occasionally, it’s taken on the atmosphere of a community center.

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