New York, Chicago team up to press feds for migrant-funding flexibility – Politico

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and Chicago Budget Director Annette Guzman implored Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to loosen rules around collecting identification numbers given to migrants when they enter the U.S. The cities did not initially collect the “sensitive personal immigration information including A-numbers” because of local laws around confidentiality, according to the letter, and so Chicago has only received about $11 million of the $290 million it has spent thus far.