Texas Governor Greg Abbott just announced that he’s begun flying illegals to the city of Chicago because they began obstructing the buses he sent there.
Here’s the announcement:
Sanctuary city Chicago started obstructing and targeting our busing mission.
Texas will now expand our operation to include flights to Chicago.
Until Biden steps up to secure the border, we will continue to provide overwhelmed Texas border towns with much-needed relief. pic.twitter.com/kRoK8KBpJ2
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 20, 2023
What Abbott is referring to is this, via DC Examiner:
Two Chicago suburbs rejected busloads of immigrants that arrived from El Paso, Texas, over the past week as the city and Illinois as a whole continue to face an influx of illegal immigrants from the southern border.
Several buses arrived at the Metra stations in Cicero, Illinois, and Rosemont, Illinois, near the O’Hare International Airport’s remote parking area, according to the Chicago Tribune. Rosemont police allowed the immigrants to get off the bus if there was someone picking them up, but officers threatened to impound the bus and arrest the driver for endangering the passengers if he let them out, Mayor Brad Stephens said.
The Rosemont Village Board planned to consider an ordinance to support the officers’ claims. In Cicero, the town approved a measure to fine bus companies $750 per person for letting out homeless immigrants, town spokesman Ray Hanania told the outlet.
This is the latest display of suburbs resisting the increase of illegal immigrants trickling into towns from Chicago, where almost 26,000 immigrants have arrived since August. With most of them homeless, the immigrants have taken shelter at police stations and the airport.
I’m glad Abbott is making this move because it’s essential that these sanctuary cities continue feeling the pain that Texas feels as long as Biden keeps the border wide open.