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Pritzker’s New Emergency Disaster Proclamation For Immigrants: Compassion Or Peak Hypocrisy?

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday issued an emergency proclamation declaring a disaster in every Illinois county “to ensure all state  resources are available to support asylum seekers arriving nearly daily  to Chicago from the State of Texas,” as stated in his press release.“The proclamation,” as the press release  says, “enables the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and other  state agencies, in close coordination with the City of Chicago, Cook  County, and other local governments, to ensure the individuals and  families receive the assistance they need.