Activists make demands for how they want Johnson County COVID relief money spent

Activists make demands for how they want Johnson County COVID relief money spent
Phil Reed
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Johnson County Board of Supervisors meeting
JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) -$47 million. That’s how much Iowa City and Johnson County governments stand to get from the most recent federal COVID-19 relief package. A local coalition wants them to spend that on people who got virtually nothing from that relief package: undocumented immigrants and migrant workers.
Here’s a breakdown of their demands: they want $20 million to go to an excluded workers fund. That could help provide payments for undocumented excluded workers. $20 million for hazard pay to go hospital workers, public employees, and school employees. $5-million for affordable housing for undocumented workers. Previously incarcerated people, and refugee settlement, and finally $2 million for transportation, including a bus service on Sundays.

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