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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Migrants at Wright College respite shelter hope to soon depend on themselves: ‘We want to work’

Wilbur Wright College on the Northwest Side is providing temporary shelter for about 300 migrants who had previously been sleeping at police stations. The city says they will be moved to more permanent housing by Aug. 1. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Emanuel Garzon and his family were among hundreds of asylum-seekers who sought shelter at a Chicago police station after arriving in the city this month.

Now, Garzon and his wife, Carolina, and their 2-year-old son, Emanuel Jr., are among 300 immigrants staying at a temporary shelter set up for the summer at Wilbur Wright College on the Northwest Side.

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