A police group says that law enforcement in Democratic-run cities and states across the country are ‘tired’ of seeing local politicians support illegal immigrants rather than attempt to address key issues they’re dealing with, such as being understaffed and underfunded.
New York City alone was projected to spend more than $8.9 billion on illegal immigrants in 2024 and 2025, according to the Fiscal Policy Institute. According to the report, that funding went toward housing and support for illegal immigrants.
The Illinois Policy Institute estimated that the state has spent over $2.5 billion on care for illegal immigrants since 2021. Most of the costs came from health care, and costs vastly exceeded initial estimates, the institute claimed.
In 2022 and 2023 alone, Chicago spent around $255 million on costs for illegal immigrants such as housing, food, clothing and other care, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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During one city council meeting in December 2024, one Chicago resident said she was fed up with the mass amounts of funding for illegal immigrants and wanted it to stop.