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4th round of migrants bused in to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrive at Union Station
CHICAGO (WLS) — A fourth spherical of migrants bused to Chicago from the southern border by Texas Governor Greg Abbott arrived at Union Station Tuesday afternoon.
ABC7’s cameras captured two constitution buses arriving. We have deliberately blurred the faces of the passengers for his or her safety.
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Instantly upon arrival, the migrants had been loaded into CTA buses. As with earlier arrivals, the migrants will endure screening to determine housing and healthcare wants.
Greater than 360 migrants have been bused into Chicago from Texas for the reason that finish of August. Up to now, town has not given an official rely on the most recent arrivals.
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Over the weekend, a number of CTA buses took migrants who’d been bussed from Texas to Chicago out to a lodge in Elk Grove Village.
“These Democrat elites are absolute hypocrites, and now their hypocrisy is on full show for the whole nation. Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot have been complaining about just a few hundred migrants being bused into self-declared sanctuary metropolis Chicago, then flip round and dump them within the suburbs for Republican mayors to take care of,” stated Renae Eze, Governor Abbott’s press secretary, stated in a press release.
“That is all a political recreation for Governor Abbott and admittedly, it is merciless,” Gov. JB Pritzker stated.
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