Border Crisis

LIGHTFOOT TAPS OUT! Outgoing Mayor Begs Abbott to Stop Sending Migrants to Chicago [READ IT]

posted by Hannity Staff - 5.01.23

The Windy City can’t take any more migrants.

According to a report from Fox News, outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott regarding the influx of border migrants due to Abbott’s busing policy.

From Fox News:

Abbott started sending migrant buses to Chicago and other sanctuary cities, including New York City and Washington, D.C., in the fall as a response to the influx of migrant crossings at the southern border. The Republican governor has said the relocations will continue until the federal government secures the border.

Lightfoot, who lost her re-election bid earlier this year, wrote in her letter that Chicago officials learned Texas was planning to send additional migrants to sanctuary cities starting Monday, and urged Abbott to reconsider “this dangerous and inhumane action.”

Excerpts from Lightfoot’s letter below:

“Nearly all the migrants have been in dire need of food, water, and clothing and many needed extensive medical care,” she wrote. “Some of the individuals you placed on buses were women in active labor, and some were victims of sexual assault. None of these urgent needs were addressed in Texas. Instead, these individuals and families were packed onto buses and shipped across the country like freight without regard to their personal circumstances.”

“Chicago is a Welcoming City and we collaborate with County, State, and community partners to rise to this challenge, but your lack of consideration or coordination in an attempt to cause chaos and score political points has resulted in a critical tipping point in our ability to receive individuals and families in a safe, orderly, and dignified way,” Lightfoot wrote.

“I know by your actions that you either do not see or do not care about the trauma these migrants have already faced and continue to suffer under the humanitarian crisis you have created,” she continued. “But I beseech you anyway: treat these individuals with the respect and dignity that they deserve. To tell them to go to Chicago or to inhumanely bus them here is an inviable and misleading choice.”

“Governor Abbott, this is not a state v. state or city v. city problem,” she wrote. “The immigration crisis is a national challenge that requires national collaboration. For the good of our country and the individuals who are seeking safety in refuge, let’s work together to find a real solution. And that real solution will never be the unilateral bussing of migrants to cities like Chicago.”

New York City Mayor has also spoken out against the border crisis recently, saying he doesn’t agree with President Biden’s handling of everything.

“I dislike what we’re doing around the asylum seekers, but I always say that I believe the president is just a blue-collar president, I’m a blue-collar mayor,” Adams said of Biden. “I like his policies. I think he’s good for the country, and it doesn’t mean I’m going to agree with him 100% on everything.”

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