{"id":15825,"date":"2024-01-16T04:20:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/?page_id=15825"},"modified":"2024-01-16T04:20:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:20:28","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-kurt-prenzler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/letter-to-the-editor-kurt-prenzler\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor, Kurt Prenzler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">(<strong>migrant situation<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-weight: normal\">To get information, I have called many officials in the Chicago area \u2013 both counties and suburbs. They describe large white buses arriving \u2013 unscheduled \u2013 at suburban commuter stations. Migrants quickly board trains with the goal to reach the \u201clanding zone\u201d in downtown Chicago, where they receive \u201cbenefits.\u201d They confirm that more than half of the migrants appear to be men of military age.<br>\u00a0<br>Most Chicago suburbs have recently called special meetings to pass ordinances against un-scheduled bus stops.<br>\u00a0<br>On\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advantagenews.com\/news\/local\/madison-county-and-migrants\/article_73ff4dec-ab39-11ee-8b89-af056704be2b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 5, I joined county board members Paul Nicolussi (R-Collinsville) and Mike Turner (R-Godfrey)<\/a>\u00a0recommending that the county pass a resolution.<br>\u00a0<br>This morning I spoke with McLean County board member Chuck Erickson. I agree with his resolution, which which his board defeated 13 to 7 last week. It essentially said: \u201cWe\u2019re not anti-immigrant, but we are pro rule of law. We don\u2019t have the resources, and we don\u2019t want to raise taxes for migrants.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>Counties and local government have never been in this situation. The Biden administration has left the southern border essentially open. This is unprecedented, and unsustainable.<br>\u00a0<br>I appreciate Rep. Miller\u2019s phone call. It\u2019s a difficult issue, and local government is being forced to address it.<br>\u00a0<br>Kurt Prenzler<br>Madison County Board Chairman<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(migrant situation)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15825","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15827,"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15825\/revisions\/15827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitecitygossip.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}