We can all do our part to help refugees feel welcome, safe

Celestine Mugisha (right) and his wife, Winniefred Akello, embrace at O’Hare International Airport in January 2020. They came to Chicago as part of the U.S. refugee resettlement program. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

For so many of us, Chicago is a home, a community, a place of belonging.

It is also a sanctuary city, and proud to be one. Roughly one in five Chicagoans are foreign-born. But to be a truly effective sanctuary for refugees, we need to make Chicago a home for all — especially the men and women who are fleeing here in the hope of finally knowing safety.