Chicago City Council will vote today on whether to spend $51 million in funding for migrants.
Several groups in Chicago are asking how the city can suddenly come up with millions of dollars for new visitors, while local communities remain neglected.
"I'm asking the City Council to halt their vote. To vote no on the $51 million until we can have a tangible plan of resources for our neighborhoods for investment into these neighborhoods that are suffering the most," said activist and former mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green.The City Council was supposed to take it up during the last vote and now it the measure expected to come up today, along with some protests planned at City Hall.
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