A Chicago resident and activist who protested in opposition to one other tranche of funding going towards migrant care within the Windy City is warning that town dangers going bankrupt if it continues — days after town council inexperienced lit the extra $70 million regardless of livid opposition.
“The main objection is that there seems to be no end in sight,” P Rae Easley informed Fox News Digital in an interview. “Every 3 or 4 months, there seems to be some new vote for a massive amount of taxpayer funds to be allocated to the illegals, and we have to put a stop to it or it’s going to bankrupt our city.”
The council voted 30-18 to approve the request made by Mayor Brandon Johnson to be able to assist cope with the continued migrant disaster it’s dealing with. That cash is on prime of a $150 million assigned to migrant care within the price range already.
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Mayor Johnson’s workplace stated the funding request was to make sure town is ready “should there be any sudden increases in new arrivals sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.” The metropolis goals to offer “basic necessities” together with meals, shelter, medical care, schooling, vaccines, case administration and resettlement assist.
According to Johnson’s workplace, town has at its peak been coping with greater than 2,000 migrants coming in per week. Nearly 40,000 have arrived since August 2022
However, the request drew important opposition from residents who consider that unlawful immigrants are being prioritized over residents.
Easley, who’s a political abolitionist and hosts a radio present in Chicago, stated she was not shocked by the Council’s approval however stated the variety of progressives who voted in opposition to it exhibits the assist for such funding is starting to interrupt down as extra residents communicate out.
“It was due to the opposition,” stated Easley, who was beforehand an intern for then-state Senator Barack Obama.
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Easley highlighted the necessity within the metropolis for extra assets for rehab for addicts, in addition to the restoration of transport for basic schooling college students within the metropolis.
“If the city has money, then that money needs to be allocated to pupil transportation, because we’re already in a district with 40% absenteeism. So it’s not fair that they were able to provide transportation for the illegals and not American children of taxpayers,” she stated.
One lawmaker had pointed to prior waves of immigrants that the U.S. had obtained. Easley rejected that narrative.
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“Two things. Number one, I am a Negro woman, which means that I am 100% American and that immigration story does not belong to me. But beyond that, the immigrants that came to this country came here legally, whether it be through Ellis Island or the Port of New Orleans,” she stated.
“The purpose of immigrating to this country is for us to vet who you are before you get here and have a record of your entry. People who are coming here without a record of entry, who have not been vetted at an embassy, who do not have any fingerprints, all of those things pose a threat to our city due to possible security breaches,” she stated.
She additionally confused that her and her allies weren’t reflexively in opposition to the mayor.
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“I just want people to know that we’re not an anti-Brandon Johnson group. We are an anti-chaos and progressivism group. And if he chooses to be the spokesperson for them, then he deserves all of the energy that we’re pushing against them,” she warned.