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At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week,
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised that his state would continue
busing migrants to sanctuary cities until the U.S. border is
secure.
Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman told the City Council
Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights Tuesday that she fully
expects a surge, but additional shelter beds have not been
budgeted for.
“No, so the surge that we anticipated is above and beyond the
model that the state, county and the city put together,” Guzman
said.
DePaul University Professor Jason Hill said these are the
effects of what happens when people are not properly vetted
before they enter the country.
“We do have a lot of criminals. We do have a lot of gang members
coming into Chicago, into other states,” Hill told The Center
Square.
According to city data, more than 44,000 migrants have arrived
in Chicago in the last two years.
Hill is an immigrant from Jamaica. He said it is heartbreaking,
but the government cannot be sentimental about this issue.
“Our infrastructures are being taxed in certain states. Welfare
benefits are being given to migrants that are being deprived
from what I would call foundation Americans, Americans who have
been here, who were born and raised here. There is a dissymmetry
and something untenable about that state of affairs,” Hill said.
Guzman said the city was spending $1.4 million dollars a day on
new arrivals last December, even though officials knew it was
unsustainable.
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