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Outside the Chicago Police Department\u2019s 1st District, extension cords run across the rain-soaked sidewalk and in between tents. Mattresses are pressed up\u2026

Outside the Chicago Police Department’s 1st District, extension cords run across the rain-soaked sidewalk and in between tents.There’s a mix of optimism and uncertainty. People who’ve left their home country – for many, that’s Venezuela – have come to Chicago seeking a better life.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know.

The group, created with the help of University of Illinois Chicago second-year medical student Sara Izquierdo, said they are filling a gap in medical care created in part by the city’s response to the crisis. Izquierdo told council members that her group has crowdsourced to raise money, and without city tax money has helped provide medical care and assessments to the migrants living at police stations.

Cooper says she and her colleagues have treated barbed-wire wounds and helped women who have had no pre-natal care.“We need collaboration from the city,” Izquierdo told council members last Friday.NBC 5 Investigates found the city has at least $57 million so far on Favorite Healthcare Staffing – a Kansas-based company that staffs the city-run shelters.

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