{"id":1923322,"date":"2023-05-03T06:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T10:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-tells-texas-governor-to-stop-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T06:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T10:29:45","slug":"chicago-mayor-tells-texas-governor-to-stop-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-tells-texas-governor-to-stop-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor to Texas Governor: Stop Sending Illegal Immigrants Here."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayor-tells-texas-governor-to-stop-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chicago Mayor Begs Texas Governor to Stop Sending Illegal Immigrants to Her City<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0502\/3288026a-2cb5-406a-88a7-120a9bea660e\/audio.mp3?length=5506893&#038;duration=459\"><\/div>\n<p>Outgoing Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has sent a letter to Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, pleading with him to stop sending illegal immigrants from the southern border to her city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level, with little coordination or care, that does not pose a risk to them or others,\u201d Lightfoot\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ryan_Johnson\/status\/1652782826234818562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> reads.<\/p>\n<p>For months, Abbott has been sending busloads of illegal immigrants from the border areas in Texas to other states as a means of raising awareness to the number of migrants arriving at the border daily and President Joe Biden\u2019s response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-tells-texas-governor-to-stop-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-chicago\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor to Texas Governor: Stop Sending Illegal Immigrants Here.\">record high illegal border crossings<\/a>. Abbott has primarily sent these buses to self-described \u201csanctuary cities\u201d like Chicago, which have historically refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities that might arrest or deport illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot\u2019s office learned that the Abbott administration would resume sending buses of illegal immigrants to Chicago beginning on Monday, May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot has bristled at the strategy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/chicago-texas-feud-over-illegal-immigrants_834824.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling Abbott \u201cracist\u201d<\/a> and begging him to stop after his administration began sending them to her city last summer. At one point, Lightfoot\u2019s administration began placing many of those same illegal immigrants who arrived in her city onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/illegal-immigrants-bused-to-chicago-now-being-sent-to-other-illinois-communities_839178.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buses to neighboring communities.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In her Sunday letter, Lightfoot once again begged Abbott to stop sending them to Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am, yet again, appealing to your better nature and asking that you stop this inhumane and dangerous action,\u201d her letter reads. \u201cSince we began responding to the arrival of migrants sent by your delegation in August 2022, we have shouldered the responsibility of caring for more than 8,000 men, women, and children with no resources of their own. That number continues to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot claimed many of the people Abbott bused to Chicago have been in need of food, water, and clothing and some have needed extensive medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot told Abbott she is sympathetic to border communities, but said the situation his busing practices have put her in is \u201ccompletely untenable\u201d and \u201cthe national immigration problem will not be solved by passing on the responsibility to other cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the good of our country and the individuals who are seeking safety in refuge, let\u2019s work together to find a real solution,\u201d Lightfoot wrote. \u201cAnd that real solution will never be the unilateral bussing of migrants to cities like Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Abbott: Call on Biden Admin to \u2018Do Its Job\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Abbott rebuffed Lightfoot\u2019s complaints in his own <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/uploads\/files\/press\/Mayor_Lori_Lightfoot.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> on Monday, telling her that Chicago has had to deal with only a fraction of the illegal immigrants who have overwhelmed Texas border towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the mayor of a self-declared sanctuary city, it is ironic to hear you complain about Chicago\u2019s struggle to deal with a few thousand illegal immigrants, which is a fraction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-ben-carson-leftists-abuse-children-with-masks-covid-19-fears-racial-agitation-sexual-confusion\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014 Ben Carson: Leftists Abuse Children with Masks, COVID-19 Fears, Racial Agitation, Sexual Confusion\">record-high numbers<\/a> we deal with in Texas on a regular basis,\u201d Abbott\u2019s letter states. \u201cTexas border towns like Eagle Pass, Brownsville, and Laredo\u2014and even bigger cities like El Paso\u2014cannot handle the flood of illegal immigrants rushing across our southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott noted one federal estimate that says around 13,000 migrants will attempt to enter the United States on a daily basis once Title 42 immigration measures end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome reports indicate that there are nearly 35,000 waiting to cross into El Paso as soon as Title 42 expulsions are no longer in effect,\u201d Abbott\u2019s letter states. \u201cIf Chicago can\u2019t deal with 8,000 in less than a year, how are small Texas border communities supposed to manage 13,000 in just one day?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott told Lightfoot that if she really wants to \u201cwork together\u201d on a solution, she \u201cmust call on the Biden Administration to do its job by securing our border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott said Lightfoot should also call on Biden to classify Mexican drug cartels as foreign as foreign terrorist organizations, and intercept the fentanyl entering the United States through the border.<\/p>\n<h2>Biden\u2019s Border Plan<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration appears set to end a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-border-agents-are-bracing-for-disaster-expect-170000-illegal-immigrants-in-just-one-month\/\" title=\"Report: Border Agents Are Bracing for \u201cDisaster,\u201d Expect 170,000 Illegal Immigrants in Just One Month\">pandemic-era order<\/a>, under Title 42 of the U.S. Code, which allowed border officials to heavily restrict entry into the United States to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Without Title 42 in place, some critics argue that the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States could skyrocket, putting even more pressure on border towns and cities like Chicago.<\/p>\n<h3>Why This Matters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pleading with Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stop sending illegal immigrants to her city, citing a lack of resources to accommodate them.<\/li>\n<li>Abbott rebuffed Lightfoot\u2019s complaints, saying that Chicago has had to deal with only a fraction of the illegal immigrants who have overwhelmed Texas border towns.<\/li>\n<li>The situation highlights the ongoing crisis at the southern border and the need for a comprehensive solution to address it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent a letter to Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday asking him to stop sending any more illegal immigrants from the southern border to her city. \u201cWe simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level, with little coordination or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":1923323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4387,4173,6175,4207,4727,4602,5193,3694],"class_list":["post-1923322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-chicago","tag-governor","tag-here","tag-illegal","tag-immigrants","tag-mayor","tag-sending","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}