2023-12-20 22:31:23
Chicago: Chicago Mayor Says Texas Gov. Abbott Is Attacking Our Nation Over Immigrant Buses To Democratic Cities
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson lashed out at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, saying the Republican leader is creating “chaos” across the country over his busing program, which has transported thousands of refugees from border towns to Democratic-led cities.
Johnson said at an unrelated news conference that immigrants are being brought to Chicago in unhealthy conditions and that city programs and resources have been strained.
“They come into the city of Chicago, where we have the homeless, we have mental health clinics, and they’re closed,” he said.
The problem is not just how we respond in the city of Chicago,” Johnson added. “We have a governor and an elected official in the state of Texas that puts families on buses with no shoes, cold, wet, tired, hungry, scared, traumatized, and then they come to the city of Chicago, where we have homelessness. Mental health clinics are also closed.
Texas has called thousands of immigrants sanctuary cities to draw attention to the influx of illegal immigration to the Biden administration and avoid overreaching border towns and border officials. Abbott was also criticized by officials in New York City, where resources and city agencies are straining for asylum seekers.
“This isn’t just a Chicago dynamic. He’s invading our country!” Johnson said of Abbott. Andrew Mahalerist, Abbott’s press secretary, said Johnson was lying.
“If he really cared about these immigrants, he would stop spreading fake news and complaining about taking a few thousand immigrants to his sanctuary city,” he said. “Instead, Mayor Johnson urged President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border
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