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EXPLAINED: To help migrants social organizations need more support | Vintage Vibes

Biannelly Guaramata, a migrant from Venezuela, relaxes with her children at a Texas hotel. More buses carrying migrants from Texas to Chicago are expected. (Joe Raedle/Getty)

The continued arrival of asylum seekers, most from Venezuela to Chicago via Texas, has created a humanitarian crisis that requires the effective collaboration of philanthropy, governments, businesses and social impact organizations.

On Aug. 31, the first bus arrived at Union Station. Since then, 19 buses have arrived carrying 1,452 people, including families with young children, seniors, single adults and people with disabilities, all arriving without notice.

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