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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Ease Venezuela sanctions to reduce number of migrants seeking asylum in America

Boys ride a bicycle outside a migrant shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood July 17. (Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times)

In Thursday’s edition of the Sun-Times, the Editorial Board bemoaned the fact that there is no end in sight for the stream of desperate asylum seekers being bused from Texas to Chicago by that state’s governor (“A year in, Chicago migrant crisis shows no sign of letting up”).

Already, the state has spent $190 million on asylum relief, and we can expect the need to grow as many thousands more seek a new life in our fair city. The board demanded more state and federal assistance, as they should.

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