>>> IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN SIX   MONTHS SINCE HUNDREDS OF   MIGRANTS ARRIVED IN BUSES FROM   THE TEXAS BORDER.
JOANNA   HERNANDEZ VISITS A CONGREGATION  IN CHICAGO'S NORTH AUSTIN   NEIGHBORHOOD HELPING   ASYLUM-SEEKERS THROUGH THEIR   JOURNEY.
>> Reporter:  IT IS ALL HANDS   ON DECK  INSIDE OF THIS FOOD   PANTRY.
PASTOR  JOHN  OF GRACE  AND PEACE CHURCH RUNS THE   OPERATION.
>>  [ SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]   >> WE DO  OUR FOOD BANK IN  PARTNERSHIP  WITH THE GREATER   CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY.
WHAT   WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE TRIED   TO HELP FAMILIES AND OUR   COMMUNITIES WITH FOODS THAT  THEY DON'T RECEIVE.
>> Reporter: THAT MISSION NOW   GOES BEYOND THE FOOD PANTRY.
LAST YEAR,  THE PASTOR AND HIS  WIFE OPENED THE DOORS OF THEIR   CHURCH TO WELCOME DOZENS OF  MIGRANTS  ARRIVING ON BUSES   FROM TEXAS.
>> ONCE THEY WERE COMING HERE ,  WE WERE ABLE TO FEED THEM,   CLOTHE THEM.
THEY RECEIVED  SHOWERS , AND WE WOULD PLACE   THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES TO  LIVE.
>> Reporter: RAMIREZ IS ONE OF   THE MIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED AT  GRACE AND PEACE CHURCH ON A BUS  FROM THE BORDER.
>> [ SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]   SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]    >> Reporter: THE MOTHER OF TWO   SAYS THE CONGREGATION HAS GIVEN  HER FAMILY A FRESH START FROM   THE HARDSHIPS OF VENEZUELA.
>> [ SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]   >> Reporter: PEOPLE HELPING  PEOPLE  IS MUCH AND 25 SAYS IT  STARTED TO HAPPEN .
DEMANDS FOR  SERVICES STARTED TO GROW.
>> RETURNING MIGRANTS THAT WE   GET WEEKLY, ABOUT 150 THAT   WOULD COME HERE WEEKLY   RECEIVING SERVICES, BUT WE   STILL GET FAMILIES TO MY  FAMILIES THAT COME FROM OTHER  STATES THAT ARE TRYING TO FIND   BENEFITS AND RESOURCES AND   HELP.
>> Reporter:  SHE AND HER TWO   KIDS SPENT 10 DAYS WALKING TO   THE PANAMANIAN JUNGLE PICK HER   10-YEAR-OLD SON MADE A LONG   JOURNEY WITH ONE LEG.
>> [ SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]   SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]    >> Reporter: IS THE FIRST TIME    THEY ARE VISITING THE CHURCH   IN HOPES OF GETTING HELP FOR  HER SON.
>> [ SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]    >> Reporter:  HE HAD HIS LEG  AMPUTATED  WHEN HE WAS JUST   FOUR YEARS OLD.
>> [ SPEAKING NON ENGLISH ]   >> Reporter: WHAT STARTED AS A   YOUTH PROGRAM IN 1995 HAS  EXPANDED  TO A MASSIVE   OPERATION, A MISSION PASTOR   ZAYAS  SAYS IS GOD'S WORK.
>> Reporter: WHERE DOES YOUR   PASSION COME FROM?
>> I'LL CALL TUITT.
I'M   SERIOUS, I'M CALLED TO IT.
NOT  JUST MYSELF, BUT THE STAFF  IS   ALL CALLED TO HELP PEOPLE.
IS  NOT ABOUT A PAYCHECK.
IT'S  ABOUT BEING CALLED THIS TYPE OF  WORK AND HELPING THE FOLKS WHO   ARE MARGINALIZED IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: FOR  "CHICAGO