From the Editorial Board: More than photo ops are needed for Chicago to cope with an ongoing migrant crisis that requires tangible support for asylum-seekers and a smart approach to finding ways to finance that support.
that, “If there’s a hell, he’ll go to it.” Preckwinkle’s charged remark wasn’t just understandable, it succinctly summed up what much of the rest of the city has been thinking.Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who justifiably has been also harshly critical of Abbott, isn’t altogether blameless. The first wave of migrants that Abbott dispatched came last fall.
And then, of course, there’s the inexplicable gridlock that has characterized Congress’ inaction on immigration reform — for two decades. One of the latest attempts at bipartisan immigration reform emerged late last year. Former Democrat and now independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona teamed up with GOP Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina to craft a measure that would have tackled critical immigration issues such as improved processing of asylum claims, the creation of a pathway to citizenship for roughly 2 million so-called Dreamers , and the allocation of billions of dollars to better secure the southern border.
And if Vice President Kamala Harris has some effective new ideas on this emergency, we have yet to hear them. In Chicago, the crisis is now in the hands of Mayor Brandon Johnson. The new mayor quickly made clear Chicago’s compassion for the plight of migrants, saying
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