Chicago Welcomes Immigrants Sent by Bus from Texas as ‘Our New Neighbors,’ Lightfoot Says

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“We are Chicago, a welcoming city, a city where we live our values every single day — a city where immigrants and refugees have been a part of the fabric of the city from our earliest days” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot welcomed 75 immigrants bused to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday as “our new neighbors” and vowed to provide them sanctuary after a harrowing journey.Lightfoot, who is running for re-election, relished the chance to welcome the immigrants to Chicago, most of whom arrived in the United States after fleeing Venezuela, where the collapse of the economy has triggered political instability.

While vowing to do whatever is necessary to help the city’s newest residents, Lightfoot blasted Abbott as a “man without morals” and said his decision to send two bus loads of immigrants to Chicago was “inhumane, unpatriotic, racist and xenophobic.” Abbott, a Republican who is running for re-election, has blamed Biden’s immigration policies for “overwhelming border communities in Texas.”

Lightfoot said city officials did not know that the first buses of immigrants would arrive this week, but had begun preparing after Abbott sent buses of immigrants to New York City and Washington, D.C. More immigrants are likely to be sent by Abbott to Chicago, Lightfoot said.

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