|
Mayor Brandon Johnson insisted that Chicago is still a welcoming
place for migrants.
“The families whose 60 days expire, they can come back if there
are beds. Fifty-five percent of them do,” Johnson said.
South Side Republican Chairman Devin Jones says Chicago’s
citizens pay high taxes and fees while the government spends big
dollars on migrants.
“All these things are literally thrusting us into poverty, but
they’re able to take that money and give it to people who have
their own country,” Jones said.
Jones said the South Side Republican organization has drafted an
ordinance to repeal the city’s sanctuary city policy.
Johnson has called out the U.S. Congress as the city spends tens
of millions of dollars on migrants.
According to Johnson, migrant care is an unsustainable mission,
because the city does not have support from lawmakers in
Washington D.C.
“Congress, of course, refuses to respond to President Biden’s
leadership, and they refuse to enact real, substantive
immigration reform policy,” Johnson said.
South Side GOP Chairman Devin Jones said that city, county and
state politicians are giving migrants money that should be spent
on Chicago taxpayers.
“I think the best way going forward is to not take the citizens’
money and further exacerbate the problem, when we have terrible
roads, terrible schools,” Jones said.
|
|
