Nearly 100 more migrants arrived from Texas on Friday in buses at Union Station, making it the fourth round of asylum-seekers sent to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in less than two weeks.
Migrants are led from one bus to another bus after arriving from Texas at Union Station in Chicago on Sept. 9, 2022.
The group of mostly men — with a handful of women and children — from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela arrived about 4:15 p.m. and disembarked from the two buses before lining up to board two CTA buses that had been waiting hours for them.The migrants carried only small possessions in clear plastic bags as they made their way from bus to bus. Some smiled and waved.
“Un amigo mio me va arecibir ahí,” he said, eager to continue his journey. “My friend is waiting for me there.”
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