{"id":2224667,"date":"2024-04-18T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnsons-job-could-be-in-trouble-after-70-million-request-for-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T19:42:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:42:19","slug":"chicago-mayor-brandon-johnsons-job-could-be-in-trouble-after-70-million-request-for-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnsons-job-could-be-in-trouble-after-70-million-request-for-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago may face job jeopardy following a $70 million request for immigrants"},"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\">32<\/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-mayor-brandon-johnsons-job-could-be-in-trouble-after-70-million-request-for-immigrants%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=2224667&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>Chicago Mayor Brandon\u200c Johnson faced significant opposition from residents at a City Council\u2062 meeting over his $70 million budget \u2064request to support immigrants and asylum-seekers. A\u2062 recall effort has been initiated. Despite advocating for immigrant support, Johnson&#8217;s funding plea \u200bwas deferred by aldermen\u2063 due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbo-fraction-of-covid-relief-will-be-spent-on-schools-in-2021-despite-bidens-funding-demands-for-in-person-learning\/\" title=\"CBO: Fraction Of COVID Relief Will Be Spent On Schools In 2021 Despite Biden\u2019s Funding Demands For In-Person Learning\">budget constraints<\/a>. The city&#8217;s projected\u200d deficits further complicate the\u200c financial situation.  <\/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>Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brandon-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brandon Johnson<\/a> was met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-leaders-slam-adam-schiff-urge-newsom-not-to-appoint-him-as-ca-attorney-general\/\" title=\"BLM Leaders Slam Adam Schiff, Urge Newsom Not To Appoint Him As CA Attorney General\">strong opposition<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chicago<\/a> residents during a Wednesday City Council meeting over his $70 million budget request to support the city\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/migrants\/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigrants<\/a> and asylum-seekers. One resident has even launched a recall effort.<\/p>\n<p>As a strong supporter of Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-of-oroville-declares-itself-a-constitutional-republic-in-stand-against-calif-gov-newsoms-covid-19-mandates\/\" title=\"City of Oroville declares itself a constitutional republic in stand against Calif. Gov. Newsom\u2019s COVID-19 mandates\">sanctuary city status<\/a>, Johnson petitioned the city\u2019s aldermen to allocate more funding for immigrants. So far, the city has spent $300 million on housing, food, and healthcare for newcomers. The alderman deferred Johnson\u2019s request and is expected to let the measure stall. However, if approved, the money will be drawn from the city\u2019s assigned fund balance from 2022, according to budget director Annette Guzman. <\/p>\n<p>The city is projected to run a deficit of $1.5 billion this year and $1.9 billion for 2025. Johnson has blamed the city\u2019s financial crisis on the federal government\u2019s failure to step in and provide aid to the asylum-seekers. <\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, voters attacked Johnson for not putting the citizens of Chicago first. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need that money in my neighborhood; we need that money on my block,\u201d a woman wearing a red \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d cowboy hat said. \u201cSo I\u2019m asking y\u2019all to use our tax money for our people. We need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another woman declared that if the alderman voted in favor of the money, they should be concerned about their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVote for the money for these immigrants today and we coming for those seats, you can believe that,\u201d she said. \u201cYou better be worrying about your job, you better be worrying about your longevity because we gonna vote and we gonna get you out \u2019cause you ain\u2019t doing right by us. That\u2019s what time it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disapproval for Johnson is so high that resident Dan Boland is organizing a petition that would allow citizens to vote on a recall for the mayor. Currently, the only recall that is allowed is for the governor. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never had this opportunity to recall before, and it\u2019s very apparent based on the mayor\u2019s abilities right now, or lack of accountability, that this needs to be addressed,\u201d\u00a0Boland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/black-chicago-voters-rip-mayor-extra-70m-migrants-recall-petition-gathers-steam\">told<\/a> Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>For the initiative to appear on the November ballot, Boland must collect 56,464 signatures by Aug. 5. If he does, he can then put on the November ballot the question of whether residents should be able to recall a mayor. If that is approved, he would need to launch another petition, this time gathering 122,503 signatures. If successful, Boland could then put the question of recalling Johnson on the ballot of the next scheduled election in March 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a contentious Wednesday City Council meeting, Mayor Brandon Johnson&#8217;s $70 million budget request for immigrants faced fierce opposition from Chicago residents. A resident has initiated a recall effort. Johnson, a staunch supporter of Chicago&#8217;s sanctuary city status, urged aldermen to allocate more funds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2224668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24095565773055-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24095565773055-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}