Texas Gov. Greg Abbott introduced Wednesday that he has bused migrants from Texas to Chicago.
Get pleasure from your new residents, Mayor Lightfoot.
First Texas bus of migrants has arrived in Chicago.
Biden’s inaction at our border places Texans in danger & is overwhelming our communities.
We’ll proceed bussing migrants to sanctuary cities like NYC, DC, & now Chicago till the federal gov’t does its job & secures the border. pic.twitter.com/RccsdIOXiI
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 1, 2022
The Workplace of Texas Governor Abbott launched the next assertion:
Governor Greg Abbott at present introduced the arrival of the primary group of migrants bused to Chicago, Illinois from Texas. The migrants had been dropped off at Union Station tonight. Along with Washington, D.C. and New York Metropolis, Chicago will now be a drop-off location for the busing technique as a part of the Governor’s response to President Biden’s open border insurance policies overwhelming border communities in Texas.
“President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues placing the lives of Texans—and Individuals—in danger and is overwhelming our communities,” stated Governor Abbott. “To proceed offering much-needed aid to our small, overrun border cities, Chicago will be a part of fellow sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York Metropolis as a further drop-off location. Mayor Lightfoot likes to tout the accountability of her metropolis to welcome all no matter authorized standing, and I sit up for seeing this accountability in motion as these migrants obtain assets from a sanctuary metropolis with the capability to serve them.”
In April, Governor Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Administration to constitution buses to move migrants from Texas to Washington, D.C. Earlier this month, the Governor added New York Metropolis as second drop-off location. Since starting this busing technique within the spring, hundreds of migrants have been transported to those sanctuary cities whereas offering much-needed aid to Texas’ overwhelmed border communities. With its “Welcoming Metropolis Ordinance” making it a sanctuary metropolis, Chicago won’t deny metropolis companies to people based mostly on their immigration standing. The town additionally doesn’t require native police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Governor Abbott has been vocal concerning the Biden Administration’s total failure on the border particularly in gentle of the US Supreme Courtroom overturning President Trump’s “Stay in Mexico” coverage for migrants who declare asylum. “So that is going to be a complete catastrophe… Let me simply provide the numbers supplied by the Biden administration. They predicted that after the elimination of those insurance policies we must always have about 18 thousand folks coming throughout the border illegally, per day. Extrapolate that for an annual foundation and also you’re going to have over six million folks coming throughout the border a 12 months. To place this in context the biggest metropolis within the state is Houston. We could have about one Houston coming throughout the border yearly.”
Chicago joins New York and Washington D.C. as a vacation spot for the tens of hundreds of illegals who’re pouring into our nation due to Biden’s failed insurance policies.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s workplace framed the busing as ‘racist’ and promised a welcoming expertise for the unlawful migrants.
NEWS: Immediately, the Metropolis of Chicago obtained affirmation that roughly 60 migrants had been touring to Chicago by means of Texas. Chicago is a welcoming metropolis and as such has collaborated throughout numerous departments and companies to make sure we greeted them with dignity and respect. pic.twitter.com/wJWEDtXLgZ
— Ryan Johnson (@Ryan_Johnson) September 1, 2022
Lightfoot’s workplace, nevertheless, didn’t touch upon Biden’s failed and harmful border insurance policies nor did she supply concern for the hundreds of Americans in border communities being overrun and overwhelmed by the invasion.