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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Migrants say illnesses spreading quickly at crowded Pilsen shelter where several fell ill

A former Pilsen warehouse is now a migrant shelter holding more than 2,300 people. Video taken in the shelter shows visibly sick children and water leaking from the ceiling on to cots. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

The night before a child died at a crowded migrant shelter in Pilsen, another set of parents there was up worrying whether their daughter would make it through the night. 

The 2-year-old girl had a fever and they considered calling an ambulance but were dissuaded by staff who said they would have to pay for it, the parents said.

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