As the number of buses increases, the police and volunteers are finding it difficult to meet every bus. Village management just passed an ordinance on April 24 to limit the hours a bus can arrive to better ensure the safety of the operation. Buses will only be allowed to stop in Wilmette between 8:00am and 4:30pm, or face hefty fines.
The Process: buses arrive at the Wilmette train station with migrants who have been transported here from Texas. In connection with SaLT an organization in Highland Park, volunteers pack bags with hygiene items, water and snack bars to give to the migrants. When a bus is spotted, the police are called and a text goes out to a group of volunteers who go to the train station and rapidly roll out containers of "Take Care" packs and winter coats As the migrants leave the bus, the volunteers give them the packs and the migrants select from the donated coats laid out on the train platform by volunteers.