Chicago police officers surprise migrant families with gifts
Migrants may no longer be at CPD District 14 station, but the officers there hadn't stopped thinking about them.
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Migrants may no longer be at CPD District 14 station, but the officers there hadn't stopped thinking about them.
It's been a few weeks since the lobby of their police station was full of migrant families. But officers at Chicago's 14th District in Logan Square didn't stop thinking or worrying about them. On Saturday, they decided to deliver those families a Christmas surprise, and CBS 2's Noel Brennan tagged along.
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