Just days after the City of Chicago moved 300 migrants into temporary at Wilbur Wright College on the Northwest side, City Council is expected to vote on whether $51 million in surplus funding should be used to help address the influx of migrants coming to the city, as well as those already here.
Just days after the City of Chicago moved 300 migrants into temporary at Wilbur Wright College on the Northwest side, City Council is expected to vote on whether $51 million in surplus funding should be used to help address the influx of migrants coming from Texas to the city, as well as those already here.Ward Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez.
“I am hopeful that it’s going to be passed and we’re going to have some money to be able to provide basic care. I think that part is important,” she said.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyAlderman Nicholas Sposato, who represents the ward where Wilbur Wright College is located, says he's voting against it.
“It’s not something I support. All they have to do is put a substitute in and say that $51 million is for homeless people and then I will support it, but yet they want to stick firm for the asylum seekers only, so I can’t support that,” Sposato said, adding that he hopes the federal government steps in to help Chicago's migrants find work permits.
“Once again the feds need to step up here and allow these people to work and give them work permits and it will solve a lot of our problems,” he said.
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