Mayor Brandon Johnson is seeking an additional $70 million from the Chicago City Council to address the ongoing migrant crisis, as federal assistance remains insufficient. The proposal has passed the Budget Committee vote and will go to the full council for consideration.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's request for $70 million to help fund care for migrants in Chicago made it over a big hurdle Monday, passing the budget committee vote. https://t.co/aSk1F7QFpJ
New $70M migrant funding clears first hurdle @ChiCouncil by a 20 to 8 vote, heads to full council floor Wednesday @ChicagosMayor
BREAKING: The City Council's Budget Committee voted 20-8 to advance a proposal from Mayor Brandon Johnson to spend an additional $70 million to house, feed and care for the men, women and children sent to Chicago from the southern border after hours of fraught debate. @wttw
Johnson to ask City Council for $70 million in funding to help address anticipated influx of migrants https://t.co/s0x6d0T4Iw
Hard press. @ToniPreckwinkle making calls tonight for @ChicagosMayor to @ChiCouncil asking them to vote in favor of $70M for migrant funding. Reminding them @GovPritzker counting on them too. Some aldermen balking.
Mayor Brandon Johnson will ask the Chicago City Council to spend an additional $70 million to house, feed and care for the men, women and children sent to Chicago from the southern border. https://t.co/PeM24PE9lf
Mayor Johnson will ask the Chicago City Council to spend an additional $70M to house, feed and care for the men, women and children sent to Chicago from the southern border — an acknowledgment that more help is not coming from the federal government. @wttw https://t.co/tOeeyeZNUD
Mayor Brandon Johnson to ask for $70 million more in migrant funds https://t.co/zUnjMRq8YH https://t.co/b6O5B06I4R
NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson, in an apparent reversal on funding for migrant care, now plans to ask the City Council to authorize an additional $70 million to address the ongoing crisis, according to some Council members. https://t.co/NvC5p1uVa8