Chicago's mayor taps $95M in federal COVID-19 relief funds for migrant housing costs

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicagos-mayor-taps-95m-federal-covid-19-relief-funds-for-migrant-housing-costs-report

Chicago's mayor has decided to use the city's budget surplus of $95 million to accommodate the mounting costs of the thousands of illegal migrants pouring into the city.

According to the Chicago Sun Times, citing Mayor Brandon Johnson's top aid, the move came to share with residents how the city is providing care and shelter for the over 15,000 migrants flooding the city.

Johnson’s senior adviser, Jason Lee, said that while the resources will help, it will not "change the outlook" for the windy city's continued "unstable" migrant crisis.

"This doesn’t change that outlook," Lee told the Sun-Times. "We’re going to continue to lobby the federal government for more support as the situation becomes, frankly, more unstable."

Over 20,000 migrants have appeared in the Windy City since August 2022, Fox32 Chicago has reported.

In November, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch "winterized" temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather.

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From The Chicago Sun Times (with a fact Fox News just somehow neglected to mention):

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/29/24018960/chicago-migrant-crisis-funding-covid-money-brandon-johnson?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-cst

The city so far has spent more than $138 million to care for the new arrivals, mostly Venezuelan migrants from the southern U.S. border who have been bused and flown to Chicago by Republican leaders aiming to shift costs to Democratic-led cities. 

[seafoam1 3,025]

5 minutes ago, squistion said:

From The Chicago Sun Times (with a fact Fox News just somehow neglected to mention):

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/12/29/24018960/chicago-migrant-crisis-funding-covid-money-brandon-johnson?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-cst

The city so far has spent more than $138 million to care for the new arrivals, mostly Venezuelan migrants from the southern U.S. border who have been bused and flown to Chicago by Republican leaders aiming to shift costs to Democratic-led cities. 

The democrats voted for the open border. So you all deal with them squidy. 

[squistion 2,202]

Just now, seafoam1 said:

The democrats voted for the open border. So you all deal with them squidy. 

That's a lie. Democrats have never voted for an open border.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,433]

8 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

The democrats voted for the open border. So you all deal with them squidy. 

Yup. Biden said he was going to bring in millions and he did. Nice job libtards. 

[seafoam1 3,025]

8 minutes ago, squistion said:

That's a lie. Democrats have never voted for an open border.

biden's a republican now?

You all already tried that malarky with the whole kkk stuff. Doesn't work that way. Once a democrap always a democrap. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,433]

This democrat mayor who is somehow worse than Lightfoot, says that reparations will reduce crime in Chicago.  So he’s acknowledging who is doing the crime. Lol. 

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1 minute ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

This democrat mayor who is somehow worse than Lightfoot, says that reparations will reduce crime in Chicago.  So he’s acknowledging who is doing the crime. Lol. 

So true. And on top of that he's saying the criminals are holding the city hostage. Pay us or the crime continues. There would never be any turning back from it. 

Our once great nation has been reduced to people wanting to pay violent minority criminals to hopefully calm them down and not commit crime. Good luck with that.

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2 hours ago, squistion said:

That's a lie. Democrats have never voted for an open border.

There is no need for a "vote" when you can instead do nothing and just let it happen....

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2 hours ago, squistion said:

That's a lie. Democrats have never voted for an open border.

is there a republican state/city that is a sanctuary state/city?

you vote for Dems like a good little sheep, then blame republicans for sending you exactly what you want

 

[squistion 2,202]

14 minutes ago, RLLD said:

There is no need for a "vote" when you can instead do nothing and just let it happen....

It didn't happen. The US borders are not open. If they were, anyone could just walk across from Mexico or Canada without being stopped.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,106]

5 minutes ago, squistion said:

It didn't happen. The US borders are not open. If they were, anyone could just walk across from Mexico or Canada without being stopped.

I hope to god you aren't married or have kids.

[Fireballer 2,642]

26 minutes ago, RLLD said:

There is no need for a "vote" when you can instead do nothing and just let it happen....

@squistion is using “open” in its most literal meaning.  Even if the current influx that we have produces results akin to having a completely open border, there are technically people employed to guard the border. So, Squisition is correct.  We don’t have an open border, by definition, we are just dealing with the same results as an open border.  See the difference?

[seafoam1 3,025]

And this is from October....

 

2023 Marks Highest Level of Illegal Immigration in U.S. History

Over the weekend, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released new data showing that fiscal year 2023 now marks the highest level of illegal immigration in U.S. history.  Over the past twelve months, CBP has encountered a stunning 3.2 million illegal aliens at our borders—more than all four years of the Trump Administration combined.  The FY 2023 total represents a 16 percent increase over FY 2022 (2.76 million) and a 63 percent increase over FY 2021 (1.96 million).

While 65 percent of the illegal aliens encountered in FY 2023 were single adults (2.06 million), family units are a growing portion of the total.  This year, 31 percent of migrants encountered (994,000) were family units.  In FY 2022, family units accounted for 22 percent of the total (614,000); in FY 2021, family units accounted for 25 percent (484,000).

The data also show that illegal immigration is climbing at a higher rate than before the end of Title 42.  At 341,000, September 2023 saw the highest monthly number of encounters ever.  That number grew 61 percent from June 2023, the first month after Title 42 ended.

When one dives deeper into the data, additional troubling trends emerge.  First, Venezuelans made up 10 percent of illegal aliens encountered in FY 2023, at 335,000.  Of that number 201,000 were encountered at the southwest border, despite President Biden’s promises that his new (illegal) parole program would reduce the number of illegal border crossings.  But in September alone, a stunning 55,000 Venezuelans were encountered at the southwest border, over 25 percent of the southwest total in one month.

In addition, the number of Chinese nationals encountered at our borders is growing.  A total of 52,000 Chinese were caught by CBP in FY 2023.  Nearly half of those, 24,000, were encountered by the Border Patrol trying to sneak through between ports of entry at the southern border.

Finally, the number of suspected terrorists encountered by the Border Patrol during FY 2023 has reached a new high: 172.  Of this number, 169 were encountered trying to evade capture at the southern border, and 3 were apprehended trying to sneak in through the northern border.

 

[squistion 2,202]

9 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

@squistion is using “open” in its most literal meaning.  Even if the current influx that we have produces results akin to having a completely open border, there are technically people employed to guard the border. So, Squisition is correct.  We don’t have an open border, by definition, we are just dealing with the same results as an open border.  See the difference?

No, we aren't dealing with the same results as an "open border". People are saying we are to give the impression that there are no restrictions entering the US from another country. 

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2 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

This democrat mayor who is somehow worse than Lightfoot, says that reparations will reduce crime in Chicago.  So he’s acknowledging who is doing the crime. Lol. 

That's totally raciss against all non-black criminals

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8 minutes ago, squistion said:

No, we aren't dealing with the same results as an "open border". People are saying we are to give the impression that there are no restrictions entering the US from another country. 

If the border was closed these people wouldn't be getting in and allowed to run free in the country.  As it is, none of them are being stopped or prevented from entering.  It's like when I was in SF about a year ago.  I needed a belt and there was a TJ Maxx or something on a corner I wanted to go in to to see if they had what I needed.  But due to all the crime in SF they weren't letting everyone in at once.  They only let so many people in at a time and had security at the door.  So there was a long line all the way down the street.  The store was OPEN, and ANYONE could get in, but you had to wait in line.  I chose not to but that wasn't because the store was CLOSED. 

Our border is the same way, although as many are just walking across as you indicated as are stopping to talk to the border people.  But even if you stopped to talk to the border people all they do is hand you a piece of paper with a court date 10 years down the road and send you on your way.  By any reasonable definition that is an open border.

[Fireballer 2,642]

9 minutes ago, squistion said:

No, we aren't dealing with the same results as an "open border". People are saying we are to give the impression that there are no restrictions entering the US from another country. 

Literally no one thinks there ZERO restrictions at the border.  Most people are adult enough to accept that we will describe the situation at the border with somewhat subjective terms because no one knows exactly what the situation is.  It changes day to day.  So, if by using the term “open” keeps you from adulting, no one is shocked.  

[squistion 2,202]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

If the border was closed these people wouldn't be getting in and allowed to run free in the country.  As it is, none of them are being stopped or prevented from entering.  It's like when I was in SF about a year ago.  I needed a belt and there was a TJ Maxx or something on a corner I wanted to go in to to see if they had what I needed.  But due to all the crime in SF they weren't letting everyone in at once.  They only let so many people in at a time and had security at the door.  So there was a long line all the way down the street.  The store was OPEN, and ANYONE could get in, but you had to wait in line.  I chose not to but that wasn't because the store was CLOSED. 

Our border is the same way, although as many are just walking across as you indicated as are stopping to talk to the border people.  But even if you stopped to talk to the border people all they do is hand you a piece of paper with a court date 10 years down the road and send you on your way.  By any reasonable definition that is an open border.

There is no truth to that statement. 

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2 minutes ago, squistion said:

There is no truth to that statement. 

You are the most clueless, dumbest motherf#cker I have ever encountered.  You are literally the definition of someone who is in a cult.  Not even debatable.

You have to have a nurse or your mom following you around - no way you can function on your own.

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3 minutes ago, squistion said:

There is no truth to that statement. 

Yes, there is.  Who is being prevented from coming in?  All you have to do is say the magic word "Asylum" and you're granted entry. 

[squistion 2,202]

1 minute ago, Fireballer said:

Literally no one thinks there ZERO restrictions at the border.  Most people are adult enough to accept that we will describe the situation at the border with somewhat subjective terms because no one knows exactly what the situation is.  It changes day to day.  So, if by using the term “open” keeps you from adulting, no one is shocked.  

Some people literally do and you can find them in this thread, taken from a few posts above:

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If the border was closed these people wouldn't be getting in and allowed to run free in the country.  As it is, none of them are being stopped or prevented from entering.

 

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Squissy is doing his Baghdad Bob schtick 

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50 minutes ago, squistion said:

No, we aren't dealing with the same results as an "open border". People are saying we are to give the impression that there are no restrictions entering the US from another country. 

There are nowhere near ENOUGH restrictions & YOU know it. You KNOW it's a major crisis at this point. YOU now see the ramifications of BAD policy. But like every other liberal loon, you won't own up to it. You would rather see the country destroyed than admit you focked up.

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How does a city have $95M in excess chinese flu funds lying about in 2024?

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1 hour ago, Fireballer said:

@squistion is using “open” in its most literal meaning.  Even if the current influx that we have produces results akin to having a completely open border, there are technically people employed to guard the border. So, Squisition is correct.  We don’t have an open border, by definition, we are just dealing with the same results as an open border.  See the difference?

Many people are crossing at the open parts of the border, with no one checking them. 

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12 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Many people are crossing at the open parts of the border, with no one checking them. 

It's RACIST to check them. 

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2 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

It's RACIST to check them. 

Check them?  It's f'n racist just to question them.  Or even look at them as they are illegally crossing. 

Gosh, you're such racist!!!

REPARATIONS!!!!

[squistion 2,202]

25 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Many people are crossing at the open parts of the border, with no one checking them. 

Are you referring to cities on the border that have lax security or remote areas where there are no walls or fencing?

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1 minute ago, squistion said:

Are you referring to cities on the border that have lax security or remote areas where there are no walls or fencing?

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26 minutes ago, squistion said:

Are you referring to cities on the border that have lax security or remote areas where there are no walls or fencing?

Cites are responsible for controlling the border? WTF are you babbling about? You’re about to go on the pay no mind list if you don’t stop being such a doosh. 

[squistion 2,202]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

Cites are responsible for controlling the border? WTF are you babbling about? You’re about to go on the pay no mind list if you don’t stop being such a doosh. 

Cities on the border are often where the boundary line is between countries and that is where US border crossing check points are generally set up (see San Diego and El Paso). I didn't say that the cities themselves are responsible for enforcing this. 

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2 minutes ago, squistion said:

Cities on the border are often where the boundary line is between countries and that is where US border crossing check points are generally set up (see San Diego and El Paso). I didn't say that the cities themselves are responsible for enforcing this. 

"Are you referring to cities on the border that have lax security?"

You are lost dude.

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39 minutes ago, squistion said:

Are you referring to cities on the border that have lax security or remote areas where there are no walls or fencing?

1954 miles of border. 225,000 illegal entries caught in December. That's 115 per mile of border. You still won't admit that egregious policy has created a significant crisis. Flat Earthers provide a better argument. 

[squistion 2,202]

6 minutes ago, Nomad99 said:

1954 miles of border. 225,000 illegal entries caught in December. That's 115 per mile of border. You still won't admit that egregious policy has created a significant crisis. Flat Earthers provide a better argument. 

Illegal entries have been going on for decades (if not longer). It is nothing new. 

[Fireballer 2,642]

10 minutes ago, squistion said:

Illegal entries have been going on for decades (if not longer). It is nothing new. 

How many unencumbered per day for those decades?

[squistion 2,202]

Just now, Fireballer said:

How many unencumbered per day for those decades?

I am not sure official numbers are available, but in any event, it is not some new phenomenon. 

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1 minute ago, squistion said:

I am not sure.

Exactly. 

[Fireballer 2,642]

26 minutes ago, squistion said:

I am not sure official numbers are available, but in any event, it is not some new phenomenon. 

The fact that you used “it’s nothing new” as a reply to someone to support your argument,  and are ignoring the nuance of old vs modern day immigration, puts you in @The Real timschochet territory. Are you able to get dressed on your own?

Let me see if I can replicate your logic…

As far back as 400 years, African Americans have been able to take advantage of the vibrant outdoor opportunities afforded in the southern USA.

Sound about right?

[The Real timschochet 6,765]

33 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

The fact that you used “it’s nothing new” as a reply to someone to support your argument,  and are ignoring the nuance of old vs modern day immigration, puts you in @The Real timschochet territory. Are you able to get dressed on your own?

Let me see if I can replicate your logic…

As far back as 400 years, African Americans have been able to take advantage of the vibrant outdoor opportunities afforded in the southern USA.

Sound about right?

You’re complimenting him: And me.

I approve of what this Chicago mayor is doing;