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Refugee Support Chicago provides help, household items amid mass deportation fears

By Jasmine Minor

February 12, 2025

Refugees Support Chicago was founded to provide household items and education on creating a life in the U.S.
Debra Michaud founded of Refugees Support Chicago in the Uptown neighborhood.
She said the threat of mass deportations has meant more people are afraid to go to to the store to get the items they need.

“When I saw the first baby living outside in the street,” Michaud said. ” A four-month-old living outside of a police station, two years ago, that’s really when I shifted my focus to this full time.”

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