Financial records have exposed the staggering figure that Chicago taxpayers have been paying to house illegal border crossers in their so-called โsanctuary city.โ
Chicago residents are outraged that the city paid a single medical firm a staggering $7.2 million to staff migrant shelters during a four-week period this spring.
โThe situation is unacceptable, these contractors that are basically imposed on us are, in my opinion, unacceptable,โย saidย Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lรณpez.
NBC Chicagoโs Bennett Haeberle said he obtained four weeksโ worth of invoices from Kansas-basedย Favorite Healthcare Staffingย for hundreds of employees inside the cityโs migrant shelters.
โWe had to fight to get [the invoices],โ said Haeberle.
โThe invoices covered 400 employees who worked between April 22 to May 19, including one nurse who was paid $20,000 for a single week of work in December,โ The Daily Mail reports.
โThe same nurse madeย $16,536 for seven days of work in April.โ
โThe city appeared to reduce hourly rates after reports of their December invoices, but the lowest paid staff rates were still $50 per hour, with the most expensive being $156 per hour before overtime.โ
To quell the outrage, Chicagoโs Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson told the press heโs now going local to staff the shelters for illegals.
โWeโve put out an RFP to hire Chicagoans as well as Chicago businesses to be able to reduce the cost.โ
On top of all this, Chicago and the state are also under fire for paying millions to provide an โunclearโ amount of migrants $9,000 rental assistance over a six-month period.
The city has allocated $4 million to help migrants find temporary housing, and the state has contributed another $38 million.
Itโs unclear how many migrants are currently benefiting from the program.
โThat rent lasts for six months and ideally people would have started their legal process, secured legal work authorization, and be able to sustain that apartment,โ said Ald. Pacione-Zayas.
โI guess the payment toward the landlord is based on market rate, itโs based on the configuration of the apartment.
โAnd so it varies from place to place.โ
The $9,000 even includes furnishing costs, all courtesy of Chicago taxpayers.
The move appears to be a desperate attempt to free up space in the regionโs now overcrowded migrant shelters.
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