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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Migrant families allegedly forced to leave South Side shelter

A family from Venezuela, who said they are waiting to be relocated to a shelter, walks outside O’Hare International Airport, where many of them are staying in a curtained-off section of the airport. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A group of migrant fathers, anticipating a joyous reunion with their families after several days away working on a construction job, arrived at a South Side shelter on Thursday evening only to be turned away by staff because the men had found jobs.

The men were away working in Wisconsin and had just arrived at the Lake Shore Hotel, 4900b S. Lake Shore Drive in Kenwood about 8 p.m. Staff learned that the men had been working and wouldn’t allow them to enter. 

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