Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has had an eye-opening response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to ship 300 migrants to the Windy City in recent weeks.
Despite Chicago's well-documented status as a sanctuary city, Lightfoot has shipped 100 of the migrants, who voluntarily agreed to go to Chicago, to the wealthy suburbs of Countryside and Burr Ridge.
They're currently staying at nearby motels to the dismay of local officials who say they weren't properly notified, like Burr Ridge's Republican Mayor Garry Grasso.
Grasso previously said he supports securing the border and defunding sanctuary cities. Speaking to reporters, an exasperated Grasso noted, “I'm frustrated but we're dealing with the situation and I'm going to keep my residents and my businesses apprised.”
As Fox News reports:
Grasso referenced Mayor Lightfoot previously lashing out at Governor Abbott for the transportation of migrants, calling it “unacceptable” at a press conference this week.
“My frustration comes from the actions of the governor of Texas,” the Chicago mayor said. “There could be a level of coordination and cooperation, but he chooses to do none of those things. Instead, he chooses to send human beings across the country to an uncertain destination.”
“He is manufacturing a human crisis and it makes no sense to me,” Lightfoot added. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker made similar comments, accusing Abbott of treating migrants “like cattle.”
Abbott shot back at Lightfoot's comments, accusing her of deflecting the blame to him instead of President Biden.
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Good move to lose voters & tax revenue
See Dems DONT Care
They don’t need to, the ‘fix’ is in.
Not very creative. Let’s not deal with the problem, we’ll just move it to someone else, a Dem strategy forever. Lori Lightweight is a blockhead.
Yeah, and Mayor Lighthead should be arrested for human trafficking!
…and executed for murder and treason.
Democrats never solve problems they just push them on down the road as was done here.
And make problems into catastrophes.
Make catastrophes the norm, then blame the nonnparticipants.
Why not do the Christian thing? We should feed them, shelter them, educate them, provide jobs for them, and turn them into loyal Republicans.
Blizzards, power failures, fuel shortages and Uvalde are all Bidens’ fault
indicating the conspicuous ignorance and abysmal failure of the current governor
She.just shows.how ignorant she and the rest of the dumbasscrats are .
The Evil wall-eyed fool doesn’t want those illegals around her & her fellow Leftists.
Why has no one ever asked Cathy Hochul, Eric Adams, Muriel Bowser or Lori Lightfoot this one all important question…”If Texas no longer has room and is running of funds to take care of all these illegal immigrants and your State doesn’t have the funds or room for them, WHERE WOULD YOU SUGGEST THEY GO?” I really want to hear that answer and I am extremely upset that NO REPORTER has had guts enough to ask!
Lightfoot, Bowser (Wash D.C.) and Adams NYC) need to be called out for what they are; racists
Murdering racist monsters all
The bug-eye is such scum. Pray that she takes the 7 gm clean-up.
Lightfoot decided to send the immigrants to a place they did not know and were not apprised of….She is the cat calling the kettle black. no pun.
That Beetlejuice lookin wench has no intention of helping illegal aliens period. The blue talks but never does anything for anyone but themselves
Send them right back to Lightfoot. She’s the sanctuary.
Biden and his leftist goons are not enforcing immigration LAW. Anyone who votes Democrat today votes for a policy of human trafficking to serve political pandering and scheming: a wicked person or a blind FOOL.
There once was a very popular hit song, “Return To Sender”. Sounds like a great idea – return them all to lori!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
L.Lightweight, is the biggest racist in chicagoland, she doesn’t like anyone, including other liberal,radicals,like her,she is to ignorant, to figure out how change the situation, just whines and cries,that her sanctuary city, is getting to many customers and she doesn’t want them.Vote this nut=job out,or impeach her,for total incompetence.
Typical Democrat move. They are all about helping everyone until it impacts them. They are a sanctuary City as long as the illegals are not in their City. See how it works.