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Chicago Democrat Mayor Open To Budget Cuts Like NYC’s To Pay For Migrants

Chicago Democrat Mayor Open To Budget Cuts Like NYC's To Pay For Migrants

Brandon Johnson
  • As more non-citizens are set to arrive in Chicago in the coming days, they’ll be greeted with military-grade tents.
  • Questions surrounding how the city will afford to pay for the influx of non-citizens persist as other large cities have announced budget cuts.
  • About 14,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago over the past year.
  • Chicago is a sanctuary city where enforcement of federal immigration laws is relaxed.  
  • New York Mayor Eric Adams recently released a statement announcing that they would have to make budgetary changes to afford caring for the migrants.
  • “I believe that it is important that everything is on the table,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Friday about upcoming budget talks. “As far as how I am thinking about it, it really is about making sure the priorities that we set position us to grow our economy in the budgets to come.” 
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