{"id":2214458,"date":"2024-04-06T14:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-migrant-spending-approaching-300-million\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T14:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:18:20","slug":"chicago-migrant-spending-approaching-300-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-migrant-spending-approaching-300-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Spending by Chicago migrants nears $300 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-migrant-spending-approaching-300-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214458&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2062article discusses the increasing spending on \u2062non-citizen\u200b migrants in Chicago under Mayor Brandon\u200c Johnson&#8217;s leadership. In the past \u206311 months, around $300 million has been spent, with over 38,000 migrants arriving and approximately 9,700 still in \u2064city shelters. \u200dThere are concerns raised by\u2063 community activist Tio Hardiman about transparency and accountability in \u200bthe spending process. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points of the article regarding the rising expenditure on non-citizen migrants in Chicago handled by Mayor Brandon Johnson. The figures provided along with \u2063the concerns raised by community activist \u200cTio Hardiman about transparency and accountability \u200doffer a concise overview of the \u200dsituation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0With the city\u2019s spending on non-citizen migrants increasing, criticism of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his handling of the ongoing crisis also grows.<\/p>\n<p>In the 11 months since Johnson took over at City Hall, data from the \u201cNew Arrivals Mission\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/texas-new-arrivals\/home\/cost-dashboard.html\">website<\/a><\/strong> pegs such spending at nearly $300 million with more than 38,000 migrants having arrived in the city and around 9,700 still residing in city shelters.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime local community activist Tio Hardiman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-floyd-county-georgia-terminates-election-director-after-statewide-audit-discovers-uncounted-votes\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Floyd County, Georgia Terminates Election Director After Statewide Audit Discovers Uncounted Votes\">executive director<\/a> of Violence Interrupters, argues enough is enough, especially with so little of the spending being fully accounted for and at least 90% of the business being doled out to just three vendors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, spending $300 million on illegal immigrants is a slap in the face of all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">law-abiding citizens<\/a>,\u201d Hardiman told The Center Square. \u201cThen the money is not really being totally accounted for, that\u2019s another slap in the face because the taxpayers have no say on how their money is being spent. That\u2019s the reason why the law-abiding citizens voted down [real estate transfer tax referendum] Bring Home Chicago. That\u2019s why if the citizens could have voted on whether Chicago would remain a sanctuary city, they would have voted it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bring Chicago Home proposal failed last month with 52% of voters opposing the increased taxes on the sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">real estate<\/a> over $1 million. Johnson said the $100 million raised would have been used to address homelessness. Minority business groups opposed the measure.  <\/p>\n<p>Hardiman added he\u2019s heard all the stories about the migrant crisis being one that the Johnson administration inherited and is now simply scrambling to make the best of a bad situation. He sees things differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mayor definitely inherited this problem, but the reality is he has executive powers to reverse sanctuary city,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, the migrants that are already here, yeah take care of them, but then just sign off on it saying no more. He would get backing from a lot of people if he was to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hardiman said he doesn\u2019t expect to see that happen given how political the issue has become.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to happen because there\u2019s no will to make it happen,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a political agenda \u2026 It\u2019s not political with the homeless people that are already here because a lot of homeless people may not vote, they may not get involved. So they figure you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">bring<\/a> in illegal immigrants, you can get them to work and you can get them to vote. After two years, they become citizens because they already provide them a pathway to citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Violence Interrupters executive director is just as clear about what he would like to see happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same way they found money for the illegal immigrants, now they need to dig deep into the state pockets, the county pockets and city pockets and find the money to house the homeless people in Chicago,\u201d he said. They should have the same laser being focused on the homeless people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criticism mounts against Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson as spending on non-citizen migrants rises. In his 11 months in office, nearly $300 million has been spent, according to data from the &#8220;New Arrivals Mission&#8221; site. 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