Migrants are sleeping in tents outside Chicago police stations. (WTTW News)
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Currently, about 1,600 migrants are living in police stations across Chicago — a solution that was intended to be temporary. But many of those men, women and children have been sleeping on floors or in tents outside police stations for months.

Benito Juarez Community Academy Principal JuanCarlos Ocon appears on “Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices” via Zoom. Feb. 25, 2022. (WTTW News)

Nonprofit organization Hope Chicago told students at Benito Juarez Community Academy they were recipients of fully-funded scholarships at their choice of 20 colleges, universities, and other education programs across Illinois.