25-year-old migrant Karis Calderon struggles to afford her child's funeral in Chicago after journeying through seven countries.

25-year-old migrant Karis Calderon, who journeyed across seven countries to reach Chicago for a stable job, couldn't afford the $2,750 needed for her child's funeral due to a bacterial infection. Her daughter's body sat at the morgue for days, and Calderon expressed that "without money, you're nobody." Chicago has received 41,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, in the past 20 months.

May 12, 2024
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