Chicago residents blast Brandon Johnson over spending on migrants

Published December 3, 2024 5:22pm ET



Chicago residents called out Mayor Brandon Johnson at a City Council meeting Monday for spending over half a billion dollars of the city’s budget on sheltering migrants.

The money has been going to the New Arrivals Mission, a program designed to provide short-term emergency shelter to meet the needs of the humanitarian crisis. The program was started in 2022 and has since cost the city $574.5 million.

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