A busload of about 50 immigrants arrived Sunday in Chicago, days after the arrival of the first busload of about 75.
Chicago officials are asking the public for volunteers and donations to help immigrants being bused to the city from Texas, where the state's GOP governor is waging a political battle against President Biden's immigration policies.first busload of about 75A group of migrants board a CTA bus at Chicago's Union Station to be taken to a Salvation Army shelter after arriving from Texas on Aug. 31, 2022.
He has been busing migrants who are in the country illegally from Texas to U.S. cities with Democratic mayors as part of a strategy to share the influx of people who cross into his border state. On Friday, Abbott said in a,"Operation Lone Star continues to combat Biden's dangerous border crisis. To relieve overwhelmed Texas communities, we've bussed over 7,600 migrants to DC, over 1,900 to NYC, & 95 migrants arrived in Chicago Wednesday.
"He tries to send human beings, not cargo, not freight, but human beings across the country to an uncertain destination," Lightfoot said of the Texas governor."He is manufacturing a human crisis and it makes no sense to me."for members of the public who want to volunteer to help the migrants or donate items like clothing, books, diapers and more.
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