We are told after hours of debate and discussion over the weekend, there was no way the families could stay at the YMCA building.
On Monday afternoon, accordion-style Chicago Transit Authority buses were parked outside the High Ridge – which has not been in operation as a YMCAMany migrants wheeled their brand-new suitcases through the puddles and the rain, later to pack their belongings.
According to the migrants' teachers, and even some fellow students, no one wanted the migrant children to relocate. "We met Alba and Zarett. They live over there," said Casey Hallett, a rising third-grader at Rogers Elementary."We're both in third grade, and we've been seeing each other a lot. We went to a festival together. We went to an ice cream shop together."
"They've attended graduation, and kindergarten celebrations, and all those things," Rosario said."Feeling sadness.""He doesn't feel sad. He's grateful for the time that they were able to shelter them there," said the interpreter for Roa."He is grateful that they can move to a new place; a lot more space for them."
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