Although the City of Chicago has a website dedicated to monitoring how nearly $300 million is being spent on the migrant crisis, it seems as though details are still murky as to how the city is spending that money. The details of how the money is being spent remain a mystery due to how the city is handling the migrant crisis. The City of Chicago has outsourced a majority of operations and staffing to private companies.
Favorite Healthcare Staffing, a healthcare staffing agency based in Kansas, has been paid more than $206 million. Equitable Social Solutions, a Kentucky-based organization that partners with cities such as Chicago to help locate housing for migrants, was paid $45 million.
Missing from the website, which was put together by Mayor Johnson’s administration, are details regarding how much profit these companies are making. Documents like leasing contracts and how much developers and building owners are making off of allowing the city to convert their buildings into shelters are noticeably absent from the website.
Attorney Heiderscheidt included his thoughts on the situation saying, “The City has badly handled this crisis and it should be turned over to federal authorities, as the law requires.”
