Chicago’s mayor says she welcomes busloads of migrants to her state with welcoming arms, as she accuses Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of being racist and the Trump administration of human cruelty.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot made the heated remarks as the first 75 migrants arrived on two buses from the Lone Star State late Wednesday.
However, the left lawmaker failed to remark on President Biden’s immigration policies largely blamed for the surge at the southern border.
“Chicago is a welcoming city and as such has collaborated across various departments and agencies to ensure we greeted them with dignity and respect,” Mayor Lightfoot’s office said.
“As a city, we are doing everything we can to ensure these immigrants and their families can receive shelter, food, and most importantly protection,” she said, claiming that “many are fleeing violent, traumatic, or otherwise unstable environments.”
“This is not new,” Lightfoot’s office stressed. “Chicago welcomes hundreds of migrants every year to our city and provides much-needed assistance.”
Despite the welcoming message, Lightfoot’s office mocked Abbott, who has already been busing thousands of border crossers to Washington, DC, and NYC in protest at Texas being overwhelmed under President Biden’s lax border policies.
“Unfortunately, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is without any shame or humanity,” the statement said.
“But ever since he put these racist practices of expulsion in place, we have been working with our community partners to ready the city to receive these individuals.
“We know that racism, discrimination, and human cruelty have played a pivotal role in how immigrants are received within our borders, and we are still working to recover from the previous presidential administration, which encouraged this behavior,” the mayor’s office said of former President Donald Trump.
“This is such an important moment for Chicago as a city has been a sanctuary for thousands of newcomers. We are welcoming them and we will not turn our backs on those who need our help the most.”
Lightfoot later also visited a shelter helping the first 75 immigrants who arrived on buses.
“Our city is prepared. We’re a welcoming city, and what we’ve seen is a tremendous outpouring, not only from city government but also a number of different not-for-profits that are part of our network of care,” she said.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also insisted that “Illinois welcomes refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. My great grandfather came to this country as an immigrant fleeing Ukraine in 1881.”
“Immigrants just like my family seeking freedom and opportunity built this country,” he tweeted Wednesday night. “Illinois is and has always been a welcoming state.”
“President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans, and Americans, at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” Abbott said Wednesday as he confirmed Chicago was its latest sanctuary-city target.
“Mayor Lightfoot loves to tout the responsibility of her city to welcome all regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing this responsibility in action as these migrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.”
In a July deposition, the chief of the US Border Patrol also blamed President Biden’s “no consequences” immigration policy for sparking the surge of illegal immigrants crossing into the US.
“In my experience, we have seen increases when there are no consequences,” Raul Ortiz said.
I don’t see how she can treat them with dignity and respect when she possesses neither. This fool isn’t even
intelligent to understand Gov. Abbot’s plight. Much like Biden, but at least she hasn’t been away from her job
49+ weekends back to Delaware and his $500,000 fence for which we, the taxpayers, are building. But no wall!
Lori L is the racist, not Governor Abbott. Here’s an idea lady, why aren’t you bent out of shape for the way Biden hasn’t addressed the crisis at the southern border? Oh i know you need votes too.
They might be better off in Mexico,less violence.
Exactly
It’s another case of good for thee and not for me!
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This idiot is a disgrace and and embarrasment, but the idiots of Chicago voted her in, another great american city destroyed by GUESS, it ain’t MAGA. But our liberal friends see us as the enemy, it’s like having a mugger beat you and yell at you for making them mug you, it’s just idiocy.
Truth!
Lori Lightfoot is appreciated for taking the immigrants being bussed from Texas. But if she really means they are welcome and she will do what she can for them it should be without throwing Governor Abbott under the bus with her words. It is unfair that the border towns carry the brunt of the illegals expense and lawlessness. The blame falls squarely on the shoulders of Joe Biden and he alone should be held accountable. God bless America.
I do not see how it could be racist. Many Latinos are Caucasian,
We legal U.S. citizens are a caring and sharing people. She along with the rest of the country should have her fair share of illegals to care for. It would be selfish of us to hoard all the illegals.
I’ll agree on one thing, every bussed in illegal is 100% better human being than this ingnorant so called mayor, I feel like I’m debigrating the illegals by comparing them to this piece of shit.