A legal group pushing for the enforcement of immigration laws published a list of America’s worst sanctuary mayors, and its conclusions aren’t particularly shocking.
Videos of enraged Chicago residents addressing city leadership have been circulating social media for months, complaining about the sheer number of migrants and the many policies that seem to favor them over struggling American citizens.
Black residents in particular have been especially vocal in their outrage at how the migrant crisis is affecting their day to day lives, and how their local government seems to prioritize aliens.
In February of this year, Chicago’s mayor gave black and Hispanic business owners $18 million…to feed illegal aliens.
Some black residents even donned Trump apparel when confronting the mayor in April of this year, threatening to vote against him and anyone that supported continued spending on migrants.
Just yesterday, a video went viral on social media showing Chicago’s streets cluttered with illegal aliens sitting on sidewalks, often with young children and their belongings, panhandling and begging for money.
The Daily Caller reports:
The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a conservative immigration organization based in Washington, D.C., published a list of “America’s Ten Worst Sanctuary Mayors” on Tuesday. The list included the leaders of many notorious sanctuary cities that largely refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, such as New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, among others.
Topping the list at number one was Johnson, who was elected in April 2023 to lead the Windy City. IRLI blasted the Democratic mayor for signing an executive order re-affirming Chicago as a “welcoming and sanctuary” city for illegal migrants, establishing an office dedicated to supporting unlawful migrants and for seemingly blaming the city’s crime wave over the 4th of July weekend on former President Richard Nixon, among other actions.
“Johnson’s anti-border policies have received pushback from Chicago residents and city council meetings on the subject have faced protests from angry citizens wondering why their needs are being ignored in favor of illegal aliens,” IRLI wrote of the mayor.The Windy City has welcomed in more than 43,000 migrants — many of them bused infrom Texas — since August 2022 and has spent roughly $150 million to house and feed them, according to the Chicago Tribune. During a June press conference, Johnson referred to the current migrant housing situation as “unsustainable” when defending the city’s decision to evict migrants from shelters.
Other sources report that the city had spent upwards of $300 million on migrants as of April of this year, with plans to spend more.
The mayor attempted to deflect valid criticisms of his spending by touting the diversity of his cabinet and diverting blame to the Biden Administration for a lack of funding and insufficient work permits.
Brandon Johnson made headlines ahead of and following his election for his far left political views. Last year, he said he wanted to include illegal immigrants in school board elections.
The Democratic National Convention will take place in Chicago next week. According to resources on the ground, city leadership has been desperately trying to clear the streets of migrant panhandlers to save face ahead of the Convention, pushing them to the predominantly black south side and away from downtown, where the event will take place.
