Pritzker says Rental Assistance Funding Diverted to Help Pay for Migrant Care (Springfield, IL) (via The Center Square) — When asked if the state would consider...
The Illinois General Assembly and Gov. Pritzker appropriated $42,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to provide support to local municipalities... #migrants
Federal law still requires asylum seekers to wait six months after filing their claim before they can apply for a work permit, officially known as an Employment Authorization Document... #migrants
Under the new law, those people will qualify for standard licenses that carry the words “Federal Limits Apply” at the top, but which do not qualify as REAL ID for travel purposes. #immigrants
More than 10,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago from the southern border over the past nine months, which has resulted in taxpayer funding going towards addressing the influx #migrants
Rush Calls on Biden Administration to Immediately Halt Haiti Deportations, Joins House Haiti Caucus (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) called on the Biden Administration to immediately halt its deportations of Haitian migrants from the U.S.–Mexico border.