Pritzker asks Biden to increase federal support for migrant crisis
Gov. JB Pritzker is calling on President Joe Biden to provide more federal funding to help the thousands of asylum seekers who have been brought to Chicago, and to take over the busing of newly arrived migrants from the border to other parts of the country.
The rate of arrivals has significantly ramped up since May. A total of 328 buses carrying migrants have arrived since Aug. 31, 2022, with 220 of those arriving since May 12 – including more than 40 in the past week alone. While the governor praised Biden for moving to allow nearly half-a-million Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. to apply for Temporary Protected Status, which would allow them to apply for deportation protections and work permits, Pritzker called on Biden to waive application fees for those who can't afford them. He also asked Biden to speed up the timeline for authorizing work permits – a process that can take up to 6 months – to allow newly arrived migrants to be able to get jobs more quickly.
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