Pritzker called Abbott’s policy a “manufactured crisis by ambush,” noting that the state has not received any communication from Texas government or law enforcement officials regarding the arrivals or status of asylum-seeking migrants.
On Wednesday morning, Lightfoot joined Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in an update on the migrants who have arrived in Illinois, as well as those still set to come here.What is the Policy and When Did It Start?
, the program has cost Texas approximately $12.7 million. Abbott’s office says that the asylum-seekers are only transported after giving written permission, but the network says it is “unclear” what options are presented to those individuals.In addition to the buses sent to Washington, D.C. in the spring, Abbott later sent buses of migrants to New York City in early August and sent the first bus to Chicago on Aug. 31.
Large American cities such as Boston, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle have implemented similar policies in regards to immigration and are all led by Democratic mayors, making them potential destinations for asylum-seeking migrants under Abbott's policy.When the first migrants arrived in the city late last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her administration was aware of the plan, and that the city was working to find shelter and other services for individuals bused in.
However, a western suburb received a bus of 64 migrants last week without prior notice from city officials, with the village of"As we sit here today, right now, I have not gotten an official word from the city, from the state, or Cook County," Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso told NBC 5 Thursday in an interview.
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