Illinois
Illinois General Assembly to send $20M to Chicago to help care for migrants
Illinois Basic Meeting to ship $20M to Chicago to assist look after migrants
Mayor Lori Lightfoot had requested initially for $54 million to assist pay for providers for asylum seekers.
CHICAGO – The Illinois Basic Meeting is sending $20 million to Chicago to assist look after migrants.
That’s lower than half of what Mayor Lori Lightfoot requested for.
She wished $54 million to assist pay for providers for asylum seekers after hundreds had been bused to Chicago from Texas.
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After Wednesday’s Metropolis Council assembly, the mayor stated her workplace sees the $20 million as a down cost.
“When you have a look at the dialog across the $20 million, it was that they’re going to provide this to us as an preliminary installment. Wait and see what, if any, monies that we get from the federal authorities, and provides us the chance to come back again and ask for extra,” stated Lightfoot.
The measure nonetheless needs to be signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
It additionally consists of $90 million for state welcoming facilities for immigrants and refugees.