ROCKFORD, Ill. (WLS) – Eight migrant buses were in route to Chicago Sunday morning after a plane from Texas carrying over 300 asylum seekers landed in Rockford overnight.
The migrants were flown from Texas to Illinois in a jumbo jet, landing at Rockford International Airport, Rockford ABC affiliate WTVO reported.
The migrant crisis Chicago has been grappling with has once again made its way to the suburbs.
After the plane landed, the passengers were reportedly immediately put on buses heading to Chicago’s landing zone near West Polk Street and South Desplaines Street.
The City of Chicago issued a statement Sunday afternoon, saying that city officials had been notified by Rockford of the plane’s arrival. Eight buses from Rockford have dropped off migrants in multiple suburbs on the way to Chicago, but they have not yet reached Chicago, city officials said.
Yeah, but when I sneak a bunch of illegal immigrants into the country it’s “hUmAn TrAfFiCiNg¡”.
Republicans: there’s never any money to help people, but there’s always money for racism.
A little bit of human trafficking just to rile your base is never a bad thing, eh?
No, unfortunately the cruelty is the point.
Maybe we need actual immigration handling? Like great big loads to judges and social welfare agents. Get all immigrants processed, setup with housing, and a supportive community within a short period of time.
Do the same for Americans. Throw in a UBI, health care, and life skill coaching.
When are we going to start seeing criminal prosecution for these antics? They are coercing these immigrants onto a bus and giving them no idea where they’ll wind up- seems like a textbook case of kidnapping. Maybe start slapping some of the politicians with felonies and this will stop.
Welcome to pedantry corner, you have activated my trap card.
It’s “en route” not “in route” https://www.dictionary.com/e/in-route-or-en-route/
Why not just take all the homeless from Chicago and send them to warm Florida?
Why are refugees and illegal immigrants a state responsibility?
Shouldn’t it be handled federally? Why is there no department for handling this sort of thing instead of Texas having supreme decision making in their fates?
This is a problem no one actually wants to fix, all political sides and their corporate owners benefit from a massive influx of migrants illegal or otherwise. The only people paying the price is the working class, which the ruling class has no problems shitting all over.
Those illegals are going to come here and take all the jobs we didn’t want to do!
Can we stop pretending that Texas is still a state please?
Can you stop spouting misinformation claiming it isn’t?
Rockford is nicer than Chicago anyway
