"We need additional support for asylum seekers who have surpassed their six months of support through the Asylum Seeker Emergency Assistance Program," said Jennifer Torres, a Chicago mutual aid worker. "Many families have expended their six months of support, and landlords are threatening eviction." Torres said many non-citizens could soon end up back in police stations without additional support from the city.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Throwing money into a bottomless pit of failure