As more and more illegal migrants are bused to Chicago from Texas and Arizona, Lori Lightfoot continues to whine, despite declaring Chicago a sanctuary city. Now Lori Lightfoot is quietly shipping these migrants to a wealthy suburb of Chicago known as Burr Ridge. I’m sure the snotty, rich white liberals who live in Burr Ridge aren’t too happy. And that’s a good thing. The mayor of Burr Ridge is even complaining that he wasn’t warned about the migrants being shipped there from Chicago.
I am not a fan of either Abbott or Ducey, but their plan to ship illegal migrants to big left wing cesspools was a stroke of genius!
Some of the migrants who were bused to Chicago from Texas have now been sent to stay at hotels in the suburbs.
More than 100 migrants total were sent to the suburbs, divided between the Burr Ridge Hampton Inn and the Holiday In in nearby Countryside, state officials said. Thursday afternoon about 20 migrant families, some with very young children, relaxed outside the Burr Ridge hotel. They said they were from Venezuela, and that they are doing well and being treated fine, but declined to speak on camera.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository arrived at the hotel to deliver a pallet of food supplies to help the families adjust.
“I’ll just say if they’re coming to Illinois, and we’re a welcoming state, we’re gonna make sure that they have a place to live, that they are able to get fed, get health care,” said Gov. JB Pritzker.
Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso said he was caught completely off-guard.
“I’m the mayor of the village, I should have been told. I’m as frustrated as Mayor Lightfoot was in her not being told. I’m frustrated but we’re dealing with the situation and I’m going to keep my residents and my businesses apprised,” he said.
In total, nearly 300 migrants have been bused from Texas to Chicago in the last two weeks. The city and state are working with various social service agencies to help them get settled, and find housing and jobs.