The bottom line is that Mayor Lightfoot says there are no more resources – and she called the move from Texas inhumane and dangerous.
On buses, on planes, and even on trains, the mayor says 200-plus asylum seekers are coming into the city every single day from Texas and other Republican-led states. Some have come with serious medical issues.the floors of Chicago Police station lobbiesCity leaders add that migrants are being dropped off at processing centers around the city such as the Salvation Army Freedom Center in Humboldt Park. We are told the city spends $17 million a month on housing migrants.
The mayor expects the situation to get worse when Title 42 expires next week. Title 42 gave Border Patrol agents the authority to send migrants back home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our resources are stretched," said Gov. Pritzker."We've gone to the federal government. I've gone directly to the president."
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