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Lightfoot sends letter to Abbott urging him not to send any more migrants (illegal aliens)
The Hill ^ | 4/30/23 | Lauren Sforza

Posted on 05/01/2023 12:38:06 AM PDT by Libloather

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday urging him to not bus any more migrants to Chicago, calling his move “inhumane and dangerous.”

“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 in the letter.

Lightfoot said that Texas was planning on sending more migrants to Chicago starting Monday, which she argued against, noting that Chicago does not have the resources to house more migrants. She said in the letter that since Chicago has responded to the arrival of migrants sent by Texas in August 2022, the city has cared for more than 8,000 people.

She wrote that Chicago has “no more shelters, spaces, or resources” to address another influx of migrants to the city.

She said that many of those migrants arrived in need of food, water and medical care, all of which she said Texas failed to address. She also pointed out that some of the migrants who arrived in Chicago were victims of sexual assault or in active labor and reiterated that those urgent needs were not addressed in Texas.

“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,” Lightfoot wrote. “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...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: abbott; aliens; chicago; illegal; irony; lightfoot; tfb; thatsashame
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To: Donnafrflorida

“Nope. It’s not the Babylon Bee.”

Hill/Babylon Bee. Hard to tell which some...er..ah...most
times.


21 posted on 05/01/2023 4:20:35 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: Libloather

This is the “woman” who bragged about having the “biggest dick” in Chicago.


22 posted on 05/01/2023 4:22:25 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Soros on assisting the Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
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To: Libloather
She's doing the “Obama shadow thing”.
23 posted on 05/01/2023 4:28:38 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: liberalh8ter

“You cannot have Open Borders and a Modern Welfare System. One or the other. Take your pick.”

Milton Friedman


24 posted on 05/01/2023 4:30:33 AM PDT by MMusson
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To: Libloather
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday urging him to not bus any more migrants to Chicago, calling his move “inhumane and dangerous.”

You keep them! They're meant to turn red states blue.
25 posted on 05/01/2023 4:30:34 AM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Libloather

Too effing bad, Groot. Chicago is a ”sanctuary city,” so you’re only getting what you wanted.


26 posted on 05/01/2023 4:30:36 AM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: Libloather

Embrace the suck, Lori.


27 posted on 05/01/2023 4:32:03 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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What’s the matter, Beetlejuice? Are you scared that the central american “youths” are out breeding the local Teenz?


28 posted on 05/01/2023 4:38:41 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Libloather

Why does Texas need to spend the money to address all those things? The lack of awareness from these people is astounding. Well ex mayor, the border just moved farther north.


29 posted on 05/01/2023 4:38:44 AM PDT by pas
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To: Libloather

Send every last one of them to Martha’s Vineyard.


30 posted on 05/01/2023 4:46:31 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Libloather

8000 is a weeks worth in one Texas border sector.

What makes her so sure it is Texas who is sending them? Texas, given the choice, would send them back south. The feds are shipping them north east and west.

Miguel was asked where he wanted to go. Miguel said Cheekoko. It was his/her/they choice. What’s inhumane about that?

EC


31 posted on 05/01/2023 4:49:41 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: Libloather

She should have sent the letter to the Cartels.


32 posted on 05/01/2023 5:17:52 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: familyop

“Agreed. Her city is not safe for man or beast.”

Well, she’s one or the other.


33 posted on 05/01/2023 5:19:15 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: Libloather

I thought they Loved Illegals


34 posted on 05/01/2023 6:47:56 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Libloather

Texas is being invaded, and Abbott is still just doing publicity stunts.


35 posted on 05/01/2023 8:21:38 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Libloather

Someone should have also told Groot that there was an answer to the problem if her & others like her were really interested in a solution.


36 posted on 05/01/2023 8:49:15 PM PDT by oldtech
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