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City of Chicago Denies Request for Records on How $57M Was Spent on Migrant Shelter Staffing

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Chicago has spent over $100M to care for illegals arriving in the city thanks to Joe Biden’s broken border.  But officials won’t provide transparency on how the money is being spent.

NBC Chicago reports that the city of Chicago’s finance department has denied NBC 5 Investigates’ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for copies of a year’s worth of invoices. The invoices are related to more than $57 million spent on a staffing company that has a contract with the city to provide staffing in shelters.

The city claims, “The burden of redacting records ‘outweighs public interest in the information.’”

The Gateway Pundit reported in May that, while Chicago burns with rampant crime and violence,

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