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Asylum-Seekers Arrive in Chicago From Texas as Part of Abbott Policy Blasted by Lightfoot as ‘Racist'
NBC Chicago ^ | 08/31/2022 | Nbc Chicago

Posted on 08/31/2022 7:31:03 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sparked controversy due to a program designed to bus asylum-seekers to northern "sanctuary cities," and on Wednesday he said one of those transports arrived in the city of Chicago.

Abbott’s office announced that the asylum-seekers were dropped off at Chicago’s Union Station, saying that Chicago will join Washington, D.C. and New York as a location for his administration’s “drop off policy.”

“President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans – and Americans – at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” Abbott said in a statement.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says her administration was aware of the plan, and that they are working to find shelter and other services for individuals bussed to the city. An estimated 60 asylum-seekers were transported to the city, according to Lightfoot's office.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Illinois; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abbott; aliens; amphibianamericans; aquarianamericans; aquariumfilter; beetlejuice; changeaquariumfilter; chicago; groot; lightfoot; lorilightfoot; mayorbeetlejuice; mayorgroot; moonisinchicagohouse; texas; theageofaquarians; whytheuglyfacelori
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To: CatOwner

Voluntary free travel between the states is guaranteed by the constitution.


21 posted on 08/31/2022 7:50:16 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Voluntary free travel between the states is guaranteed by the constitution.

When was the last time the Constitution mattered to those currently running the country?

22 posted on 08/31/2022 7:52:32 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those illegals won’t last long in Chicago.

They’ll be ‘victimized’ on the weekends, just like those 8-10 dead Chicago youths who take each other out on a weekly basis. And Abbott will get the blame for sending them there.


23 posted on 08/31/2022 7:53:22 PM PDT by adorno
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To: gibsonguy

Did Beetlejuice say what made it racist?


The name callers never have to explain themselves.


24 posted on 08/31/2022 7:53:56 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (My aim in life is to be a "headquarters-looking type.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

25 posted on 08/31/2022 8:07:44 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Send ALL of them.


26 posted on 08/31/2022 8:13:45 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I believe Gov J. B. Porkchop has an empty house right next to his Gold Coast mansion. A couple of Porta Potties and he’s in business.


27 posted on 08/31/2022 8:20:30 PM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: PGR88

Yeah they won’t just stay in the city proper they’ll make their way out to the burbs eventually and we’ve got enough already.


28 posted on 08/31/2022 8:40:29 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

That slice of Government freebie pie is getting smaller everyday.


29 posted on 08/31/2022 8:41:55 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: ChicagoConservative27

NBC 5 in Chicago home to the dumbest - most far left news readers in Town. Lester Holt’s Dim-Wit Son Stefan Holt is the Prime Time anchor.

The Station is waiting for instructions from Mayor Lighthead on how to “cover” the story.


30 posted on 08/31/2022 8:57:05 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Love it! Abbott is making the left look like complete hypocritical fools


31 posted on 08/31/2022 9:28:14 PM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: Bob434

I am not a big Abbott fan but this is pretty good.


32 posted on 08/31/2022 9:30:33 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: CatOwner

They already tried: The illegals boarded and remained on the bus for the entire trip willingly.


33 posted on 08/31/2022 9:36:14 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: central_va

same- love that he’s doing this- but not a big fan of his-


34 posted on 08/31/2022 9:47:54 PM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: adorno

That should be fun to watch. A which-is-worst contest. Shootouts in the park.

Abbot won’t mind being blamed.


35 posted on 08/31/2022 10:59:20 PM PDT by Veto! (FJBsucksrocks)
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To: nomifyle

No, no. New Orleans is too close to Texas. They need to be way up north.


36 posted on 09/01/2022 1:07:13 AM PDT by susannah59 ( )
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To: Chode

Which one is the fish?


37 posted on 09/01/2022 1:46:36 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: EC Washington

America needs less Holt.


38 posted on 09/01/2022 2:00:21 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: CatOwner

Used to live in Oak Cliff, a part of Dallas.

Based on the weekly trips to Chicago the coyotes made, stopping overnight in our neighborhood, I would say that most of these “refugees” have relatives in Chicago.

Why is that every attempt to turn America’s big cities from white to black, then to brown, is now suddenly racist?

We know that nothing is Mayor Groot’s fault, but she led the parade to be a sanctuary city.


39 posted on 09/01/2022 5:39:08 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Abbott’s office announced that the asylum-seekers were dropped off at Chicago’s Union Station, saying that Chicago will join Washington, D.C. and New York as a location for his administration’s “drop off policy.”

#2 grandson and I were traveling to Peoria to visit #1 grandson a couple weeks ago via Amtrak. Glad this didn't occur while we were there.

40 posted on 09/01/2022 5:42:02 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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