In her letter, Lightfoot also said nearly all the migrants who arrived in Chicago were 'in dire need' of food, water and clothing, adding that many needed extensive medical care, which they did not receive in Texas.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city is at maximum capacity for migrant resources as Greg Abbott plans to resume busing migrants across the U.S."It has become overwhelming for us, because we have run out of places for them," said Baltazar Enriques with the Little Village Community Council.
In a letter on Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot wrote to Abbott, saying, "I am, yet again, appealing to your better nature and asking that you stop this inhumane and dangerous action." "None of these urgent needs were addressed in Texas," Lightfoot said. "Instead, these individuals and families were packed onto buses and shipped across the country like freight without regard to their personal circumstances."
"We have now at least 40,000 refugees that are waiting at the border, who will be likely, many of them, coming to Chicago, and the city still does not have a plan. We presented a plan back in September, and the city still has not acted," Sigcho-Lopez said. "We're a city that welcomes migrants. We should have welcome centers for them, and we should be more prepared for the future," Enriques said.The City of Chicago is aware that the State of Texas is planning to resume bussing individuals and families to cities throughout the United States, including Chicago, starting Monday, May 1st. I am, yet again, appealing to your better nature and asking that you stop this inhumane and dangerous action.
I know by your actions that you either do not see or do not care about the trauma these migrants have already faced and continue to suffer under the humanitarian crisis you have created. But I beseech you anyway: treat these individuals with the respect and dignity that they deserve. To tell them to go to Chicago or to inhumanely bus them here is an inviable and misleading choice.
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