Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office called Greg Abbott’s migrant busing strategy “racist” after his announcement that Chicago will become the third city he buses migrants to. Lightfoot’s office said they would welcome the new arrivals.
Johnson criticized Trump’s immigration policies as discriminatory and racist and said they have encouraged strategies like Abbott’s to bus migrants across the country.
“Unfortunately, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is without any shame or humanity. 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,” Johnson said.Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to curb border crossings
. As a way of antagonizing Biden over his border policies, Abbott began in April sending migrants who volunteer to accept the rides to Washington. The move drew mixed reviews across the state and sent Washington officials scrambling to accommodate an influx of asylum-seekers.
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