, adding that resources are needed to offset the "considerable" costs to the county’s health care system.
At first, migrants were sent to Chicago on one or two buses per day, she said. Now they are arriving on five or six buses per day. "This is a cynical, disgraceful tactic by fellow Americans in Texas and Florida who are sending us asylum seekers," Preckwinkle said after giving a State of the County address at the Union League Club of Chicago.The county health system supports the migrants with diapers, formula, clothes and shoes, Preckwinkle said. After saying the aid costs a couple hundred thousand dollars per week, Preckwinkle added: "I can’t tell you how much it’s costing us.
"We need the help of the federal government to meet this challenge," Preckwinkle said. "I just wish the elected officials in Texas and Florida would be approaching the Biden administration, trying to work through some of these challenges rather than putting these people on buses to come here."Chicago city leaders are confirming the arrival of additional asylum seekers from Texas. The group arrived Wednesday at O’Hare Airport.
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Really, ToniPreckwinkle is paying illegal alien $500/mo while veterans and seniors go homeless. She asked for it. Pay for it out of your bank account Toni, not mine. 🖕🖕🖕