Chicago’s new plan to allocate $70 million of taxpayer money to support illegal immigrants has been met with uproar from citizens.
Several community members spoke on the proposal at the Chicago City Council meeting on Wednesday.
One speaker, who introduced herself as “P-Rae” Easley, spoke strongly against the city’s plan.
“I’m asking y’all to use our tax money for our people. We need it,” Easley, who wore a red MAGA hat, said.
Easley told Fox News that the mayor’s diverting of funds to immigrants is “the most disrespectful thing we’ve ever encountered in our lives.”
“We’ve been paying property taxes in the city for generations, and to see them so openly give our money to people who don’t deserve it is very insulting,” she said.
“They’ve been telling us my entire life that they don’t have money for this, they don’t have money for that. We have to compromise. We must go without,” Easley said. ” But now we’re seeing that they are able to print money out of the clear blue sky, and we want to know why wasn’t our tax money given to us?”
The city council was expected to make a final vote on the funding proposal Friday.
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