Illinois overwhelmed with illegals

 Red State:

The state of Illinois is doubling down on its support for illegal immigrants.

In a Friday press release, Gov. JB Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle confirmed that they would allocate a further $250 million to "ensure shelter, wraparound services and healthcare remain available" to migrants who have crossed the southern border through Texas. 

The release states:

Following a long-term planning exercise, State, County and City teams concluded that an additional estimated $321 million is needed to maintain shelter and services this calendar year, on top of previously committed funding. The Governor and President are pledging a combined investment of over $250 million to help close this gap.

In November, the State of Illinois committed an additional $160 million to the asylum seeker response to invest in three critical areas: welcome, shelter, and independence. That commitment was in addition to the $478 million the State has spent since the start of the response. As part of the joint funding plan, the State is pledging an additional $182 million, which will be part of the Governor's upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal to the General Assembly.

Pritzker hailed the plan as proof of the state's commitment to supporting so-called asylum seekers in their time of need. "With thousands of asylum seekers continuing to come to Chicago in desperate need of support and with Congress continuing to refuse to act—it is clear the state, county, and city will have to do more to keep people safe," he remarked.

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Preckiwinkle described the situation as a "humanitarian crisis" as hundreds more illegals descend on the city of Chicago every week. "As critical funding for this ongoing humanitarian crisis stalls in Congress, Cook County stands committed to the well-being of the region," he explained. "We cannot wait for additional resources and Cook County is proud to stand alongside Governor Pritzker in this joint funding plan, ensuring that shelter capacity, healthcare and wraparound services remain accessible to those in need.

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It is a crisis of the Democrats' own making from Biden on down.  They have opened the border to illegals and now have to take care of them.  

See also:

America's migrant crime wave is past the point of no return: DAVID MARCUS reveals how liberal mayors and a Democrat president dismantled the border... and now wring their hands over the nightmare THEY'VE created

And:

At least two migrants charged over brutal Times Square cops beating are identified as members of barbaric Venezuelan super-gang Tren de Aragua whose gangsters are hiding among refugees to cross US-Mexico border 

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