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Venezuelan immigrant girls Avril Brandelli, left, and Charlotte, play in an area of the Chicago Police Department’s 16th District station where their families have taken shelter on Monday, May 1, 2023. Chicago has seen the number of new arrivals grow tenfold in recent days. Shelter space is scarce and migrants awaiting a bed are sleeping on floors in police stations and airports. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Venezuelan immigrant girls Avril Brandelli, left, and Charlotte, play in an area of the Chicago Police Department’s 16th District station where their families have taken shelter on Monday, May 1, 2023. Chicago has seen the number of new arrivals grow tenfold in recent days. Shelter space is scarce and migrants awaiting a bed are sleeping on floors in police stations and airports. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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