Chicago will provide safe haven for migrants bused by Texas governor: ‘They deserve our respect. They’re not cargo,’ mayor says
A group of men stand outside Union Station after arriving on a bus with other migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 31, 2022, in Chicago.
For weeks now, Abbott, a Republican, has been sending busloads of migrants who crossed the border in Texas to Washington D.C. and New York City as part of an effort to criticize the nation’s immigration policies and relieve what he says are overburdened border towns in his state. Now, Abbott said, Chicago will be added to the list, putting the city in a national spotlight.
“We are Chicago, a welcoming city, a city where we live our values every single day — a city where immigrants and refugees have been a part of the fabric of the city from our earliest days,” Lightfoot said. “Last night, we showed our mettle — the best of who we are.” The mayor later pushed a revision to Chicago’s Welcoming City ordinance that prohibited police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities to deport immigrants living in the country without legal permission who have criminal backgrounds. She has also gone on walking tours in Chicago neighborhoods with large immigrant populations where she passed out “know your rights” fliers.
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