Gilberto Viera, 22, sits outside a migrant shelter in Pilsen where he’s been staying for about two months during a so-far-unsuccessful search for permanent housing. Volunteers running the shelter want help from the city, including the ability to offer the access to city resources available at city-run shelters. (Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times)
Todo Para Todos — a migrant shelter whose name means “everything for everyone” — was established as a promise that Chicago was a welcoming city.
It sprung up in Pilsen in May as the city scrambled to house thousands arriving from Latin America and since then has been a refuge for hundreds.
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