Chicago is poised to receive $20 million from the state of Illinois under an appropriation bill passed by legislators for migrants, but that’s less than half of what Mayor Lori Lightfoot requested to address a recent influx of asylum seekers.
Cesar Pino Marcano, 28, a recently arrived migrant from Venezuela, makes his bed at a shelter in an apartment building in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Jan. 12, 2023.
Chicago is poised to receive $20 million from the state of Illinois under an appropriation bill passed by legislators for migrants, but that’s less than half of what Mayor Lori Lightfoot requested to address a recent influx of asylum-seekers.late last month to state legislators asking for $54 million to help fund emergency services to asylum-seeking individuals. She noted that Gov. J.B.
At her customary post-City Council meeting news conference Wednesday, Lightfoot said her administration is taking a “wait-and-see” approach.”If you look at the conversation around the $20 million, it was that they’re going to give this to us as an initial installment. Wait and see what if any, monies that we get from the federal government and give us the opportunity to come back and ask for more,” Lightfoot said. “So I’m never going to say no to that kind of money.
The measure, which still has to be signed by Pritzker, and also includes an additional $90 million for state welcoming centers for immigrants and refugees.in the fall, nearly 4,000 asylum-seekers turned up in Chicago from Texas and another 1,400 from elsewhere by the end of 2022. About 1,500 remained in the city’s care at that time, officials said.
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