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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What leadership!
If it were up to me I would send them to stay in the houses of the American hating marxiists who support this invasion.
Why not? If the idiot is worried about it, she needs to work to close the border.
Did she suggest an alternative destination for these "migrants?"
Some other place where they could be "dumped?"
No?!
Well, knock me over with a feather!
Regards,
But isn’t Chicago a sanctuary city, Beetlejuice?
Please gov Abbot, triple up on the buses.
But somehow Texas does have these resources?
I hope Abbott sends even MORE illegals to the sanctuary city of Chicago.
Abbot should do it, just to piss her off.
She should send that letter to Biden.
Abbott to Groot: ESAD.
She should’ve sent a letter to Mayorkas.
Not that it would do any good, but it could be used as evidence in his impeachment trial.
Nope. It’s not the Babylon Bee.
receive individuals and families in a safe, orderly, and dignified way,
Yeah...TX never had that option either. Not when states like IL and cities like Chicago proclaimed themselves open arms sanctuary hellholes...er.. destinations...
So it’s okay for Texas to be forced to care for thousands of illegal immigrants every week that they can’t afford and never asked for, but God forbid if Chicago—a sanctuary city which basically DID ask for them to come—has to deal with the same problem. I hope Abbot told her to ESAD.
We obviously share a brain on this issue. 🤣
She’s in charge until the 15th, IIRC
Tell it to Biden you filthy little communist mushroom.
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