Sanctuary city Chicago started obstructing and targeting our busing mission.
Texas will now expand our operation to include flights to Chicago.
Until Biden steps up to secure the border, we will continue to provide overwhelmed Texas border towns with much-needed relief. pic.twitter.com/kRoK8KBpJ2
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 20, 2023
Texas flies migrants to Chicago amid record surge at the border. @aaronkatersky has more details. pic.twitter.com/7aTSVyDytg
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 21, 2023
These people have to go somewhere. They can’t stay in their own countries – they’re too poor, and no one deserves to be poor.
Put them in Chicago!
Texas sent a plane with more than 120 migrants from the US-Mexico border to Chicago in an escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing operation that has given more than 80,000 migrants free rides to Democratic-led cities across the country since last year.
The first flight, which Abbott’s office said left from El Paso and arrived Tuesday, was arranged a week after Chicago’s city council took new action over the busloads of migrants that have drawn sharp criticism from Mayor Brandon Johnson.
The city has said bus operators began trying to drop off people in neighboring cities to avoid penalties that include fines, towing or impoundment.
Bus operators could now face tougher penalties in Chicago for not unloading new arrivals at a designated location or failing to fill out city paperwork.
Abbott spokesman Andrew Mahaleris said Wednesday that the flights were the result of Johnson “targeting migrant buses” from Texas.
The flight took off a day after Abbott signed a new law this week that would allow police in Texas to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border, ratcheting up a series of aggressive measures the state has taken in protest of President Biden’s immigration policies.
“Until President Biden steps up and does his job to secure the border, Texas will continue taking historic action to help our local partners respond to this Biden-made crisis,” Mahaleris said.
You have to wonder why Texas doesn’t fly these people to… Mexico?
It seems like that would be easier, huh?
It’s definitely closer.
Mayor Brandon Johnson melts down over Texas sending illegals to sanctuary cities:
“IT IS NOT JUST A CHICAGO DYNAMIC!
HE IS ATTACKING OUR COUNTRY!” pic.twitter.com/n0yND8Mv5Q— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 19, 2023
Texas – Thousands of invaders waiting to be processed by Border Patrol. Then they will be shipped off to various sanctuary cities such as New York & Chicago. pic.twitter.com/YfnRFjiHSD
— 🇬🇧RonEnglish🇬🇧🏴 (@RonEng1ish) December 19, 2023