CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 3-year-old child has died aboard a bus of asylum-seekers sent to Chicago.
The state health department tells the Chicago Tribune that the child died while entering the Chicago area and the death is under investigation. There is little else known about what happened.
Chicago has received some 175 buses and more than 12,000 people in the 11 months since Texas Governor Greg Abbott began sending migrants to the city last year. The city of Denver and Catholic Charities in San Antonio have also sent buses of migrants to the city.
Migrants have filled police station lobbies and large shelters. At least 6,000 migrants are in city-run temporary shelters. 1,000 more are awaiting placement.
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