Two CTA buses carrying about 90 migrants arrived Saturday at a Hampton Inn in Elk Grove Village, the latest group of asylum-seekers sent to the area by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as a way to criticize the nation’s immigration policies.
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson talks about the group of migrants who were bused to temporary housing at the La Quinta Inn in Elk Grove Village on Sept. 10, 2022.
Johnson said he had a cordial conversation with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sunday, who, he said, apologized but said the state was overseeing the process. Johnson called for the state and city to work with suburban mayors to arrange an orderly transition for new arrivals.Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson talks about the group of migrants who were bused to temporary housing at the La Quinta Inn in Elk Grove Village on Sept. 10, 2022.
Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso went further, saying it was “hypocritical” of Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker to criticize Abbott for shipping Venezuelan immigrants to Chicago, only to haveGrasso said Lightfoot called him Sunday to say he should have been given notice of the arrivals to a hotel in Burr Ridge on Wednesday.. But Grasso said Chicago still bore responsibility as the sanctuary city where the people arrived.
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