(The Center Square) – While some are arguing for more resources and protections for non-citizen migrants in Illinois, many Chicago residents say taxpayers have had enough and feel less safe.
The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights gathered various groups together in Springfield Thursday to demand an additional $40 million in state funds for services such as interpretation and translation for the non-English speakers, among other measures.
Some of those other measures the group is pushing for include reopening enrollment for the state’s subsidized health care for non-citizens. That program is expected to cost taxpayers nearly $800 million. The Pritzker administration curbed enrollment in an effort to save taxpayer funds. The governor looks to spend more than $600 million in taxpayer funds on the issue in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Rallying at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Thursday, Sophia Zaman, the executive director of the Raise
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