Sheltered in a Chicago Fieldhouse, Migrants Dream of Better Future

By Efrain Soriano, Photography by William Estrada for Borderless Magazine

“Surrounded by their few belongings within their designated 9-by-9-foot space, Vannesa Carolina Godoy, her husband and their three children lay down on the floor of a basketball court to sleep for the night. This night marks the end of a long trek across seven countries that began in Zulia, Venezuela for Godoy.

They share this court with roughly 200 other migrants, 93 of whom are children…”

Carolayns Gonzalez with her three daughters and nephew at Piotrowski Park in Chicago, Ill., July 9, 2023. Photo by William Estrada for Borderless Magazine

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