City Council members on Friday approved $70 million in surplus spending that, with assistance from the county and state, is expected to cover expenses through the end of the year to care for the influx of asylum seekers sent to Chicago from the southern U.S. border.
By a vote of 30-18, council members backed the latest round of funding for a crisis that has highlighted racial divisions in the city, raising questions about committing money to new Latino arrivals without addressing decades of disinvestment in Black South and West side neighborhoods.Ald. Anthony Beale said the measure amounts to "burning money" for "residents who are not paying taxes in the city of Chicago .""If you cut off the funding spigot, they won’t come.
We could do things necessary to make our communities a better place to live," Beale said.Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez accused opponents of "bigotry and ignorance," and argued the city could lobby the federal government to reimburse the cost."What we’re saying is our city needs help… This $70 million will do just the minimum to prevent chaos," Sigcho-Lopez said. "Let’s do the minimum to help the people who need it the most.
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