Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tells Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot that he will not stop relocating migrants to her city, despite her pleading with him to halt the action.
Abbott and Lightfoot both said in a recent letter exchange that an already untenable flow of migrants would only be worsened by the end of a Covid ban on migrants, known asThe dust-up is just one way the end of the Covid-era rule is expected to affect not just border towns but also cities deep in the heart of the country. Border officials have already warned that theyof people across the border.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called for more support to help deal with migrants bused to the city from Texas.“I will continue calling on the federal government for more resources and support, as well as much needed policy changes, just as I will call upon them to withhold all FEMA funding slated for Texas if chartered buses resume coming to our city,” LightfootSunday. “But I would rather work with you than against you. Governor Abbott, this is not a state v. state or city v. city problem.
“Abbott was going out of his way to be an a--hole about it,” said Joshua Hoyt, a board co-chair of the American Business Immigration Coalition, an advocacy group. Hoyt had also done on-the-ground volunteering to assist with the influx of migrants.Abbott said in his letter that Chicago’s issue is minimal when it is compared to the situation in Texas border towns.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, said Monday that in all, $200 million in state and federal funding has been committed to help asylum-seekers find housing and other accommodations.
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