Texas Governor Greg Abbott Is Sending Busloads Of Immigrants To Chicago

The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station Wednesday night, as the Windy City becomes the third destination city for asylum-seeking immigrants bused in from Del Rio, Texas, Abbott’s office said. It has already sent immigrants to Chicago, Washington, DC and New York. “To continue to provide much-needed relief to our small, marginalized border cities, Chicago will join other sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York as an additional transit location,” Abbott said. “Mayor Lightfoot loves to promote her city’s responsibility to welcome everyone regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing that responsibility in action as these immigrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.” In April, Abbott began busing migrants across the border to Washington, D.C. Migrants began arriving in New York in June. Immigrants wait outside in Chicago after being bused in from Texas under Gov. Greg Abbott. CBS News ChicagoAbbott has previously sent immigrants to DC and New York. Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images Abbott’s bus program, which uses taxpayer money and private donations, has raised $12 million, or about $1,300 per immigrant bused on the East Coast so far. Immigrants participating in Abbott’s program are not illegal immigrants. They have canceled the first step of their asylum application and have been granted legal permission to remain in the country while the federal government decides whether or not they qualify for asylum. The Post traveled to the US-Mexico border to see firsthand how asylum seekers from countries like Venezuela and Cuba board buses in Del Rio, Texas, after being screened by federal immigration authorities. The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday. Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images The governor’s office has maintained that the bus program is voluntary and that immigrants can get off the bus whenever they want, however, immigrants who boarded a bus from Texas to the Big Apple called 911 after they said they were not allowed to get off the bus in Tennessee . The Post obtained the 911 recording where the immigrants told authorities they were being “held against their will.”

title: “Texas Governor Greg Abbott Is Sending Busloads Of Immigrants To Chicago Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-09” author: “Joseph Mckinney”

The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station Wednesday night, as the Windy City becomes the third destination city for asylum-seeking immigrants bused in from Del Rio, Texas, Abbott’s office said. It has already sent immigrants to Chicago, Washington, DC and New York. “To continue to provide much-needed relief to our small, marginalized border cities, Chicago will join other sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York as an additional transit location,” Abbott said. “Mayor Lightfoot loves to promote her city’s responsibility to welcome everyone regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing that responsibility in action as these immigrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.” In April, Abbott began busing migrants across the border to Washington, D.C. Migrants began arriving in New York in June. Immigrants wait outside in Chicago after being bused in from Texas under Gov. Greg Abbott. CBS News ChicagoAbbott has previously sent immigrants to DC and New York. Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images Abbott’s bus program, which uses taxpayer money and private donations, has raised $12 million, or about $1,300 per immigrant bused on the East Coast so far. Immigrants participating in Abbott’s program are not illegal immigrants. They have canceled the first step of their asylum application and have been granted legal permission to remain in the country while the federal government decides whether or not they qualify for asylum. The Post traveled to the US-Mexico border to see firsthand how asylum seekers from countries like Venezuela and Cuba board buses in Del Rio, Texas, after being screened by federal immigration authorities. The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday. Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images The governor’s office has maintained that the bus program is voluntary and that immigrants can get off the bus whenever they want, however, immigrants who boarded a bus from Texas to the Big Apple called 911 after they said they were not allowed to get off the bus in Tennessee . The Post obtained the 911 recording where the immigrants told authorities they were being “held against their will.”

title: “Texas Governor Greg Abbott Is Sending Busloads Of Immigrants To Chicago Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-01” author: “Marvin Guzman”

The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station Wednesday night, as the Windy City becomes the third destination city for asylum-seeking immigrants bused in from Del Rio, Texas, Abbott’s office said. It has already sent immigrants to Chicago, Washington, DC and New York. “To continue to provide much-needed relief to our small, marginalized border cities, Chicago will join other sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York as an additional transit location,” Abbott said. “Mayor Lightfoot loves to promote her city’s responsibility to welcome everyone regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing that responsibility in action as these immigrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.” In April, Abbott began busing migrants across the border to Washington, D.C. Migrants began arriving in New York in June. Immigrants wait outside in Chicago after being bused in from Texas under Gov. Greg Abbott. CBS News ChicagoAbbott has previously sent immigrants to DC and New York. Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images Abbott’s bus program, which uses taxpayer money and private donations, has raised $12 million, or about $1,300 per immigrant bused on the East Coast so far. Immigrants participating in Abbott’s program are not illegal immigrants. They have canceled the first step of their asylum application and have been granted legal permission to remain in the country while the federal government decides whether or not they qualify for asylum. The Post traveled to the US-Mexico border to see firsthand how asylum seekers from countries like Venezuela and Cuba board buses in Del Rio, Texas, after being screened by federal immigration authorities. The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday. Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images The governor’s office has maintained that the bus program is voluntary and that immigrants can get off the bus whenever they want, however, immigrants who boarded a bus from Texas to the Big Apple called 911 after they said they were not allowed to get off the bus in Tennessee . The Post obtained the 911 recording where the immigrants told authorities they were being “held against their will.”

title: “Texas Governor Greg Abbott Is Sending Busloads Of Immigrants To Chicago Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-12” author: “Roberta Oflaherty”

The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station Wednesday night, as the Windy City becomes the third destination city for asylum-seeking immigrants bused in from Del Rio, Texas, Abbott’s office said. It has already sent immigrants to Chicago, Washington, DC and New York. “To continue to provide much-needed relief to our small, marginalized border cities, Chicago will join other sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York as an additional transit location,” Abbott said. “Mayor Lightfoot loves to promote her city’s responsibility to welcome everyone regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing that responsibility in action as these immigrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.” In April, Abbott began busing migrants across the border to Washington, D.C. Migrants began arriving in New York in June. Immigrants wait outside in Chicago after being bused in from Texas under Gov. Greg Abbott. CBS News ChicagoAbbott has previously sent immigrants to DC and New York. Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images Abbott’s bus program, which uses taxpayer money and private donations, has raised $12 million, or about $1,300 per immigrant bused on the East Coast so far. Immigrants participating in Abbott’s program are not illegal immigrants. They have canceled the first step of their asylum application and have been granted legal permission to remain in the country while the federal government decides whether or not they qualify for asylum. The Post traveled to the US-Mexico border to see firsthand how asylum seekers from countries like Venezuela and Cuba board buses in Del Rio, Texas, after being screened by federal immigration authorities. The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday. Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images The governor’s office has maintained that the bus program is voluntary and that immigrants can get off the bus whenever they want, however, immigrants who boarded a bus from Texas to the Big Apple called 911 after they said they were not allowed to get off the bus in Tennessee . The Post obtained the 911 recording where the immigrants told authorities they were being “held against their will.”