"Lopez: Illinois Taxpayers Should Revoke Funding of Non-Profit Allegedly Paying for Illegal Alien Loyola Murderer's Apartment," LGIS News Service, Chicago City Wire, March 25, 2026.
The report said that RefugeeOne spent $9,946,902 in 2024 assisting 3,347 illegal aliens from 84 countries to live in Chicago, including those from Venezuela, Afghanistan, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Using taxpayer dollars, RefugeeOne reported paying for therapy for 293 of those aliens, and funding lawyers for 1,466 of them.
It reported finding 346 aliens jobs in Chicagoland, with "employer partners" including Unifi, Aramark, Hilton, 7-Eleven and Alpha Baking Co.
Lopez was referencing one of RefugeeOne's 17 grant agreements with the City of Chicago-- for $2,771,308 "to support the Preschool for All Program" for "children ages 3-5."
The State of Illinois also made two separate grants totaling $450,000 to RefugeeOne last year, one for "violence interruption" and another for "costs associated with the purchase of a building and infrastructure improvements."
RefugeeOne has received millions more each year in federal taxpayer funding, through other taxpayer-funded non-profits.
Loyola University illegal alien murderer Jose Medina-Medina (L) and Jennifer Borrell, President of "RefugeeOne," the non-profit allegedly funding his apartment a block from the beach where he shot an 18 year-old student | Chicago Police/Refugee One.
