The council also approved $48 million in grant money from the state and federal government, much of which will be used to pay outstanding debt the city owes for staffing and shelter costs.
CHICAGO -- Chicago will dedicate an additional $70 million to its efforts to house, feed, and provide other services to thousands of asylum seekers, after the City Council on Friday approved Mayor Brandon Johnson 's request for more funds for the city's migrant crisis.The 30-18 vote came after more than an hour of at times heated debate.
We've got housing vouchers for you. We've got it all.' That's why everybody's coming to Chicago, but if you cut off the funding spigot, they won't come,' Beale said.Ald. Andre Vasquez , who chairs the council's Immigrant and Refugee Rights Committee, dismissed Beale's suggestion that halting funding for migrants in Chicago would halt the flow of migrants into Chicago, arguing Texas Gov.
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