Most of the $51 million approved by the City Council during a recent tense meeting will go toward paying a national staffing firm that is providing around-the-clock personnel at the makeshift shelters where recently arrived asylum seekers are seeking refuge, according to a city official.
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The city also spent funds on leases for spaces, meals, facility maintenance, rental assistance and transportation, Pacione-Zayas said.The Chicago City Council voted in favor of spending $51 million to address the city's migrant crisis on Wednesday. These updates about how the city is dealing with a humanitarian crisis that has unfolded in recent months was part of the first hearing led by 40th Ward Ald. Andre Vasquez, who now chairs the City Council Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The committee approved a resolution calling for monthly hearings to address the influx of asylum seekers.
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