Pritzker issues 18th 30-day migrant disaster proclamation
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(The Center Square) – Illinois has been under some form of a gubernatorial disaster proclamation for most of the past four years, giving the Pritzker administration sweeping emergency powers to spend taxpayer dollars. Some are looking for a change.
Since September 2022, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has issued 30-day disaster proclamations addressing the ongoing migrant crisis. His most recent proclamation expired Monday. Friday, he issued his 18th disaster proclamation.
“
etween August 31, 2022, and January 5, 2023, nearly thirty-thousand individuals and families seeking asylum have arrived in Chicago from Texas with little to no notice,” the declaration said.
That's 6,000 more non-citizen migrants coming to Illinois than in the prior month's disaster proclamation. The first disaster issued in September 2022 said there were "numerous" new arrivals. The order issued October 2022 said there were 3,000 persons transported to Illinois. The new tally is nearly 30,000 arrivals since August 2022.
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