Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants $70 million to spend on people who entered the country illegally and is being slammed for it, even by members of his own party. Johnson has already spent upwards of $150 million on illegals in the city and residents have been making their opposition known for months.
The new package goes up for a vote this week.
FOX News reports:
Dem Chicago alderman warns ‘we are not taking care of our own’ as city approves $70M for migrantsA Democratic alderman in Chicago warned city leaders that they are neglecting their own citizens by voting to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for an additional $70 million to help care for migrants who have arrived in the city.The budget committee voted 20-8 on Monday to advance the proposal to the full City Council after a lengthy debate.”We are not taking care of our own,” Ald. Chris Taliaferro of the 29th Ward said during the meeting. “We have all but forgotten the residents on the West Side and South Side.”The city has already allocated $150 million to help with the growing migrant crisis, and other city officials also questioned Johnson’s request for the additional $70 million in funding.”Here we are begging for more money when we don’t have money for the people here,” said 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale, a Democrat who opposed the proposal.
ABC 7 in Chicago has more:
“When we don’t have money for after school programs. We don’t have money to help our kids get off the street. But yet, we would just blow money left and right. That’s a fundamental problem,” said 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale.”The great news actually is in our city, that we’re doing all of that work and voting to expand that work. At the same time that we’re voting to support those in need,” said 1st Ward Ald. Daniel LaSpata.The mayor wants to take $70 million out of a surplus fund to care for the new arrivals. His budget director told members of the council budget committee they don’t anticipate asking for any additional migrants in 2024, but there were still concerns.”We are not taking care of our own. We have all but forgotten the residents on the West Side and South Side,” said Ald. Chris Taliaferro.There is much at stake, with the county and state already committing to fund their portion of migrant care.”This kind of partnership is the right way to go for the taxpayers. It’s the right way to go for doing what’s right for the new arrivals in Chicago,” said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
This is simply not sustainable, and everyone knows it.
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