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* Chicago hasn’t updated its migrant dashboard since Wednesday, when it reported 5,665 people in shelters, well below the 13,900 in late January - a 59 percent decrease.
* The Sun-Times last August…
Chicago could experience a fivefold increase in arriving migrants — up to 10 busloads a day — sent here by Republican governors trying to embarrass and strain Democratic sanctuary cities in the run-up to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, a top mayoral aide said Monday.
* Today from Block Club Chicago…
In a primetime speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on busing migrants from border cities to Chicago.
Abbott began sending busloads of migrants from Texas to Chicago and other Democrat-led cities in August 2022 in protest of federal policies. He was soon joined by other leaders; in all, almost 45,000 migrants and 950 buses have been sent to Chicago, according to the latest city data
And the controversial practice will “continue to roll until we finally secure our border,” Abbott said as the RNC crowd chanted “send them back.” […]
Last month, Biden signed executive orders that temporarily closed the southern U.S. border, “the most restrictive border policy implemented by a modern Democratic president,” according to Borderless Magazine. Crossings have plunged since then, CBS2 reports.
Meanwhile, the city has closed some of its shelters, including those taking over Park District field houses, as busing has slowed since the start of the year.
The city now has 17 shelters, down from nearly 30.
* From Pritzker spokesperson Alex Gough…
“Governor Abbott continues to demonstrate that his number one priority is political grandstanding, rather than the lives and wellbeing of human beings desperately seeking a better life. Illinois continues to humanely provide shelter and services to new arrivals, just as we also continue to call for Republicans in Congress to move beyond empty rhetoric and actually work with President Biden to pass meaningful immigration reform.”
posted by Isabel Miller
Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 7:50 am
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Performative cruelty that said ICE noncooperation ordinances were outlawed in 1996
Comment by Macon Bakin Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 7:56 am
Albeit this was before the creation of ICE, applying to the predecessor.
Comment by Macon Bakin Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 7:58 am
Practical human trafficking as a platform, but meanwhile the media focuses on a dude having a bad head cold.
Comment by TJ Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 8:17 am
Of course he will. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that this petty, uncaring, hateful man would do this before and during the convention.
Abbott is just more representation of how reprehensible the Republican Party has become.
Comment by Demoralized Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 8:46 am
Illinois should offer free one way bus tickets to Texas, to any convicted sex offender US citizen who wants one.
If we’re going to be forced to play this game, then lets play it.
Win-win for Illinois. Allow the adjudicated and convicted predators to go to Texas for no cost to them, and take in the only segment of the population which is contributing to job growth.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 8:46 am
=It shouldn’t surprise anyone that this petty, uncaring, hateful man would do this before and during the convention.=
Yep.
I guess the hurricane recovery is all done and that is why he had time to go to a convention. Glad he has his priorities straight. PTL and all that stuff.
Comment by JS Mill Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 9:29 am
Abbott should just starting busing Houstonians to Chicago. Better than being stuck in Texas.
Comment by Homebody Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 9:32 am
2024 in a nutshell:
Republicans bus people from red states to blue states for rank political theatrics.
Democrats bus people from red states to blue states to get access to proper healthcare.
Comment by TJ Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 9:34 am
There is a special place in hell for those who exploit the poor and vulnerable.
Comment by Nick Name Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 10:05 am
For Greg Abbott, it’s a better headline than
* Greg Abbott Hightailed It Out of Texas Just in Time for Hurricane Beryl ((Esquire)
* Gov. Greg Abbott defends trip to East Asia during Hurricane Beryl (Texas Tribune)
* Abbott and Patrick botched the response to Hurricane Beryl (Houston Chronicle)
Comment by Google Is Your Friend Friday, Jul 19, 24 @ 10:18 am