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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

How much have volunteers been spending to help ease the migrant crisis at police stations?

Winter Navas, a recent arrival in Chicago, shows off a T-shirt he designed to help raise money for volunteers taking care of migrants at police stations. The native of Venezuela had his own graphic design store in that country before a collapsing economy forced him to close. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Annie Gomberg, a volunteer with the Police Station Response Team, stepped up in May to assist new arrivals in Chicago.

While thousands of migrants await permanent housing, Gomberg and other residents have made serving families at police stations their mission, cooking food and bringing clothing and bedding — even offering legal aid.

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