Chicago Offers Refuge for Venezuelan Couple Fleeing Political Unrest

 

• Elibexis Alvarez, a Venezuelan migrant, gives birth to a baby boy in Chicago after fleeing violence in her home country.
• Alvarez and her husband, Johan Jose Medina, struggle to find work and permanent housing, living in temporary shelters for months.
• Despite challenges, the couple hopes to build a new life in America, seeking stability, work, and opportunities for their son to succeed.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Elibexis Alvarez, a Venezuelan migrant, was preparing to give birth to her first child in Chicago, far from her parents and home country.

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She and her husband, Johan Jose Medina, fled Venezuela due to escalating violence and have been living in temporary shelters for four months.

“I never dreamed of being here,” Alvarez said, “but I feel that my son will be safe here.”

The couple has struggled to find work and permanent housing, and last month, they awaited the birth of their baby in a temporary hotel shelter.

Alvarez longs for stability and normalcy, which she believes will come only after Medina finds work.

“I pray that my husband gets a work permit so that we can get out of the shelter, look for an apartment to move into,” she said.

Alvarez and Medina fled Venezuela because of his activism in an opposition party that challenged President Nicolás Maduro.

They left after their home was shot at, and they were stopped by criminals and shot at during their journey.

The couple turned themselves in to immigration enforcement in December and were quickly separated, with Medina held in detention and Alvarez bused to a shelter in Chicago.

The couple was reunited in January and is now focused on building a new life in America. Alvarez delivered a healthy baby boy on April 19 and hopes to work, take classes to learn English, and specialize in her career.

For her son, she hopes to give him a life she said would be unimaginable in her home country right now.

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“There are many opportunities here, many, many opportunities for my son to study and for him to succeed.”

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