Chicagoans Clash With City Council Over Migrant Spending ‘Are y’all lying to us?’

Chicago residents clashed with members of the City Council on Friday over how the city is allocating taxpayer funds for migrant care and the price that citizens pay for those decisions.

Although the meeting with the Immigration and Housing Committee did not have a quorum and there were no votes, residents voiced their concerns during the public comment session.

In remarks during the meeting, Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez lectured the crowd and defended expenditures on migrants.  He also announced a November referendum letting voters decide if a 3 percent tax on the wealthy should be imposed to help fund migrant services.

“We have 120,000 millionaires who live in the city of Chicago who can pay their fair share,” Sigcho-Lopez said.

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