Suburban and downstate communities must address how to handle arriving immigrants amid a backlash that saw Joliet Township decline a state grant for migrants after angry residents said they opposed spending tax dollars on foreigners. The state had announced earlier that the township would receive $8.6 million exclusively for asylum-seekers. The state also awarded $30 million for migrants in .
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An explosive board meeting in Joliet on Tuesday was standing room only, after residents say they were "blindsided" to find out that migrant shelters could soon be popping up in their city.
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