Officials are now scurrying to locate the resources to care for them as Illinois continues to welcome migrants from the Mexican border. In response to the onslaught of migrants, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued an emergency proclamation on Tuesday.
“Yes, of course, we are a welcoming city and we always do what’s right by our immigrant and refugee communities, but we have reached a breaking point in our response to this humanitarian crisis,” Lightfoot said during a news conference on Tuesday.
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The mayor is now able to request help from the Illinois National Guard thanks to Lightfoot’s statement.
Since last year, migrants have been transported by bus to Chicago and other places by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser to protest the Biden administration’s management of the border. As the Trump administration’s Title 42 health authority’s enforcement ends on Thursday, Leeser also proclaimed a state of emergency in El Paso.
Chicago has received more than 8,000 busloads of migrants since August of last year.
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Illinois Especially Vulnerable
Hundreds of migrants are currently sleeping in police stations in Illinois, and activists are calling for greater resources to help them. Lightfoot is dissatisfied with the FEMA funding the city has received in comparison to the previous year.
For this national problem, Lightfoot stated, “We need a national solution.”
“This cannot be accomplished state by state and city by city. It must be thorough and come from the federal government.”
According to border watchers, the situation will get worse this week. Thursday marks the end of Title 42, which permitted the government to deny asylum to people based on concerns for the public’s health during the COVID-19 outbreak. According to reports, tens of thousands of migrants have congregated at the border in preparation for entering the United States.
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Republican legislators have emphasized that Illinois is the only state that offers immigrants over a certain age complete health coverage. According to a recent study, the price of such healthcare will nearly double to $1 billion by the fiscal year 2024.
Marty McLaughlin, a state representative from Barrington, raised the migrant issue with House members on Tuesday and urged his colleagues to act morally when discussing the budget.
In the next ten days, while we discuss the budget, “please serve, protect, and honor your pledge to put Illinois citizens first, especially our most vulnerable,” McLaughlin added.
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He sees future voters when he plans to announce voter amnesty for them all about Sept ’24. His lame justification: A way to assimilate them into society. The plan of all the demoncrats. Power consolidation.
Easy “national solution”, don’t let them in in the first place but now too late. Coming to a back yard near you soon, and yours too,
Now you know what Texas is going thru except 100 times worse……
Hey Sanctuary States and Cities, after 2 1/2 years Biden is going to gift you and more of the country, the same thing he’s been doing to the Border, . True to his words he’s turning the Country into something Americans never envisioned, it’s the garden he’s promised. Look out the windows and see the mess your Messiah has created !
“Yes, of course, we are a welcoming city and we always do what’s right by our immigrant and refugee communities” Well get ready lady, they’re coming to you. Just keep them there and don’t bus them to Ohio, Ohio is not a welcoming state despite all the NPOs funded by the federal government. Well, maybe we could put them to work in the salt mines under Lake Erie but if they use only picks and shovels.
Why to go libtarts lol.
Just imagine what the border states are going through! BIDEN IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY!