Some Texas migrants bused to Chicago are now staying at hotels in Burr Ridge and Countryside, state officials sad.
More than 100 migrants total were sent to the suburbs, divided between the Burr Ridge Hampton Inn and the Holiday In in nearby Countryside, state officials said. Thursday afternoon about 20 migrant families, some with very young children, relaxed outside the Burr Ridge hotel. They said they were from Venezuela, and that they are doing well and being treated fine, but declined to speak on camera.
"I'll just say if they're coming to Illinois, and we're a welcoming state, we're gonna make sure that they have a place to live, that they are able to get fed, get health care," said Gov. JB Pritzker."I'm the mayor of the village, I should have been told. I'm as frustrated as Mayor Lightfoot was in her not being told. I'm frustrated but we're dealing with the situation and I'm going to keep my residents and my businesses apprised," he said.
Grasso, a Republican, does not believe sending the migrants to Burr Ridge is a political move, but he would not say if Abbott was wrong to send migrants to Chicago.