Roaches, rats and rotten food reported at Chicago shelter for asylum seekers

Public safety concerns about shelter housing more than 2,500 prompted in December after five-year-old boy died

Appalling conditions have been uncovered at a Chicago warehouse turned migrant shelter where more than 2,500 asylum seekers are staying.

Complaints about cockroaches, rats, rotten food, exposed pipes, sewage issues, illnesses spreading and inadequate food and water provision have been made to the city authorities, in emails first reported by WTTW, the PBS member station in Chicago.