Migrants previously have described inhumane conditions at the shelter. Mayor Brandon Johnson blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday for sending migrants to the area with no coordination with local officials.
PILSEN — A 5-year-old boy died Sunday afternoon and three more young children became sick at the city’s largest temporary migrant shelter, authorities said.
Shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, Jean Carlos Martinez was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital from a city-run shelter near Halsted Street and Cermak Road, police said. The 5-year-old was “not feeling well,” authorities said.
