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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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City seeking millions more from state to care for migrants

Cataleya takes a bite of a nectarine alongside her father Elier as they wait for a bus to take them to a refugee center outside Union Station, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. They were among the first migrants transported from Texas and dropped off in Chicago without notice. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Four months after buses carrying migrants from Texas began arriving in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is warning the city is about to run out of money to care for them.

In a letter Lightfoot sent last week to state legislators from Chicago, the mayor asks for their help in securing $53.5 million in additional state funding through the end of the fiscal year.

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