Chicago resident slams mayor, calls out illegal immigration ‘Ponzi scheme’
Chicago resident Zoe Lee calls on the city to crack down on illegal immigration in The Evening Edit.
As President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration prepares to crack down illegal immigration Chicagoans are reeling under the weight of the Windy City’s migrant crisis.
One resident took aim at Mayor Brandon Johnson over the city’s illegal immigration “Ponzi scheme.”
“[Johnson] should be convicted of treason. “We’re dealing with a mayor who’s a democratic socialist and he’s bringing an agenda to Chicago that just won’t work. And it’s an illegal immigration agenda that’s been out of control since last year,” said Chicago resident Zoe Lay. “Evening Editing” Friday.
“We have a $1.2 billion deficit because of this illegal immigration scam. I call it a Ponzi scheme.”
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Along with other blue cities like New York and Denver, Chicago has had an influx of migrants in recent years.
Fox News data shows the Windy City spent $574.5 million on migrants, joining other Blue strongholds like New York, Boston and Denver that have racked up huge sums.
Chicago resident Danielle Carter-Walters details what’s going on in Chicago on the “Evening Edit” as city officials come under fire for spending on illegal immigration.
Mayor Johnson, who has vowed to resist President-elect Trump’s deportation of illegal immigrants, is also struggling to cope. A $1 billion budget deficit until the end of the year.
“It’s gotten out of hand,” Lay said. “Chicago was pushed back very quickly, especially on the south side and the west side of Chicago, because of all the money that was stolen because of the immigration fraud. They thought they were going to be able to put illegal immigrants into our communities and we were going to do that to allow.”
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“Now they’re all over the place because they don’t have the money to cover this situation or remove it in Chicago.”
US Congressman Carlos Gimenez discusses how incoming border czar Tom Homan intends to implement Trump’s mass deportation plan in Varney & Co.
Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan, has been a vocal advocate of the administration’s immigration policy.The former acting ICE director even sent a warning to Chicago, a city Homan claims will be one of the first to see deportations.
“Chicago is in trouble because your mayor sucks and your governor sucks. And we’re going to start right here in Chicago, Illinois,” Homan said at Thursday’s event.
“Now, if your mayor of Chicago doesn’t want to help, he can step aside. But if he obstructs us, if he knowingly harbors or harbors an illegal alien, I will prosecute him,” he threatened.
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Fox News’ Taylor Penley and Stephen Soras contributed to this report.
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