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Migrant family journeys back to Venezuela, more leaving Chicago as winter looms: ‘The American Dream doesn’t exist anymore’
Chicago Tribune ^ | Nov 12, 2023 | Laura Rodríguez Presa

Posted on 11/12/2023 5:59:09 AM PST by Salman

Over the past five months since arriving in Chicago, Andrea Carolina Sevilla’s parents have been unable to enroll her in school even though the reason they left everything behind in their native Venezuela was for her to have access to better education.

In Venezuela, she said, she was lucky she could even attend school. Many other teenagers start working at an early age to help out their families, who often face extreme poverty.

But she did not have the same luck in the city that she once dreamed of visiting. The family went from sleeping on the floor of a police station, to a crowded shelter, to a house on the Far South Side, and then back to the floor of the police station after her stepfather Michael Castejon, 39, couldn’t afford the rent. He could not find a job that paid enough without a work permit, he said.

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(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: aliens; bidensfault; chicago; education; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigration; migrant; migrantsurge; venezuela
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Whole trek at link.

Maybe a trend?

1 posted on 11/12/2023 5:59:09 AM PST by Salman
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To: Salman

Will Vice President Harris create a commission to remedy the root causes of illegal immigration exodus and return because of OUR problems?


2 posted on 11/12/2023 6:01:41 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Salman

The children dodged a bullet in the Chicago public education system.


3 posted on 11/12/2023 6:02:29 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Salman

FJB


4 posted on 11/12/2023 6:02:49 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: Salman

They will still be voting in perpetuity in American elections.


5 posted on 11/12/2023 6:03:13 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Salman

Be a friend to the US, take another illegal with you when you leave.


6 posted on 11/12/2023 6:03:54 AM PST by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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To: Salman

Are we supposed to feel sorry for them???

Nope, not feeling it.


7 posted on 11/12/2023 6:05:35 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: Salman

Collected enough Free Stuff to Winter at home and then back to the US in thew Spring


8 posted on 11/12/2023 6:05:39 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Salman

Boo-hoo. Venezuela is a rich nation. Go back and fix yours instead of crapping up ours. Commies.


9 posted on 11/12/2023 6:07:18 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: imabadboy99

“FJB”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Dittoes.

For every instance like this in the article, there’s 10,000 more that are the opposite. As long as FJB and his corrupt globalist drug-dealing pedophilic ilk are in charge of the border, America will continue to decline.


10 posted on 11/12/2023 6:07:20 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: gov_bean_ counter

If you read the article, it will explain how much taxpayer money is wasted on these socialist parasites and all for nothing.


11 posted on 11/12/2023 6:08:45 AM PST by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: Salman

They are not going any where ...
maybe south ...like south atlanta.

Nobody’s going to give up all the freebees that are being handed out .


12 posted on 11/12/2023 6:10:07 AM PST by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: Salman

uhm, yay? they are leaving so this is good news.
bring a buddy for the trip back.


13 posted on 11/12/2023 6:12:00 AM PST by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: Salman

And they thought the streets in the U.S. were ‘paved with gold’ - and that American welfare would give them a nice, middle-class lifestyle for the rest of their lives.


14 posted on 11/12/2023 6:12:25 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: 1of10
They are not going any where ... maybe south ...like south atlanta.

In northern Illinois, the geese used to fly south in the fall and come back flying north in the spring. Now most of the "migration" is from the pond in front of Walmart to the pond in a golf course or local park, and back again. Soon, the geese will not need to fly at all; they can just walk from one place to another.

15 posted on 11/12/2023 6:15:35 AM PST by Bernard ("No matter where you go, there you are." (Buckaroo Banzai))
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To: blackdog

Now wouldnt it be funny of a huge percentage of these invaders voted for republicans and conservatives


16 posted on 11/12/2023 6:17:55 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: blackdog

Long gone Venezuelans will still be voting Democrat....in perpetuity..... in American elections.


Democrat pols are so loyal......they never forget you......no matter how far.


18 posted on 11/12/2023 6:22:03 AM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: armourenthusiast

If you read the article, it will explain how much taxpayer money is wasted on these socialist parasites and all for nothing.
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Unfortunately, I can’t read the article without subscribing.


19 posted on 11/12/2023 6:23:20 AM PST by KittyKares
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To: HYPOCRACY

It’s socialist. That’s why the Democrats won’t help them


20 posted on 11/12/2023 6:23:51 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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