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.
Seems Texas migrant policy really is the homeless episode of South Park. Thankfully Chicago thought to actually do something useful when they were informed they were coming, and didn’t just send the buses to Denver.
That’s also how small conservative towns and churches in Texas handle their homeless. They put them on busses and send them to the larger cities in Texas.
Which wasn’t this literally just debated as human trafficking violations with DeSantis and Florida (or maybe TX idek anymore)…
Yeah, one one hand, I don’t get how this isn’t straight-up human trafficking. On the other hand, I have a feeling Chicago and New York and all those other places are helping these people in a much more compassionate manner than they would have been handled in Texas, so there’s at least that. I don’t know what a good answer is to the whole situation, but at the moment, asylum seekers are getting better help than if they were thrown in Texas border cages.
I’m glad they are going to a sanctuary city.
I see. Human trafficking is okay if it gets people you don’t like out of your hair. Noted.
My understanding is that Chicago welcomes illegal immigrants. Why would you not want them to go to a place where they are welcomed?
My understanding is it doesn’t matter if the place you’re being trafficked to welcomes you for it to be human trafficking.
But, again, you seem to think there are situations where human trafficking is acceptable, those situations apparently being ‘I don’t like those people.’
…because you and your ilk have repeatedly shown open hostility towards desperate people, and now there’s people who will show them compassion?
I’ll agree that immigration is broken and needs overhaul (especially for green cards & visas) but throwing a shit fit and using humans as political props is not helping.
Yeah, but if you ask someone from Rockford where they’re from they will say “Chicago.”
Thats true of literally everyone that lives in areas surrounding a world famous city. Sanfran, LA, New york, DC, Orlando.
The fifteenth time you’ve explained the difference between bothel and seattle, you start to just say seattle since you’re saying “its near seattle” to explain where it is anyways.
I’m glad all you fascists are outing yourselves for when the time comes ❤️
I’m all for spreading the load of handling these migrants around the country, Texas cities shouldn’t have to do all the work and they certainly cannot do much of the work without government support in TX.
So… now we have migrants all over the country but are they expected to return to TX for their immigration hearings? The US govt. needs to figure this shit out ASAP and have the hearings transferred to where these people are.
There already is a process to allow immigrants to spread around the country, what Texas is doing is delaying and circumventing that process, making it take longer and cost more. I say send Texas the bill for their nonsense.
As a Texan, I agree. But, I’d like to see some human trafficking charges for those responsible too.
are they expected to return to TX for their immigration hearings? The US govt. needs to figure this shit out ASAP and have the hearings transferred to where these people are.
The shitshow is the plan when they’re bussing migrants around, usually some local lawyer steps up to help though.
You know this is going to back fire on Texas, states might require permits or taxes to travel to and from a state.
bans travel to other states for an abortion
having busses travel from other states is unconstitutional
Pick a lane
Banning travel to other states for an abortion is also very clearly unconstitutional. There are still pretty big differences between restricting travel from specific states for something that is completely legal (driving a bus) and restricting your citizens from going outside your state to do something that is illegal in your state (abortion). One is a matter of jurisdiction while the other is a matter of travel restriction.
You know this is going to back fire on Texas, states might require permits or taxes to travel to and from a state.
I’m just waiting for the /s
Ha-ha.
As I understand it, this is a suggestion that it would be okay for states to take blatantly unconstitutional action in retribution for the likely criminal acts of the Texas state government. I’m hoping that I’m wrong, because that’s nuts.
They can’t. several supreme court cases already give aeright to travel. Immigration belongs to the federal government
Just put toll booths in at the border to Illinois from all directions. It’s almost impossible to travel across the u.s. without going through Illinois or going way out of your way to avoid it.
I’ve been all over the US and pretty sure I’ve never been in or through Illinois with exception to flights. I think you’re greatly overestimating the size of Illinois and underestimating available options of US driving travel.
Somebody should explain that to all the Texas towns trying to ban traveling out of state for an abortion.
I’m not sure whether that would be a feasible solution. The undocumented part of “undocumented immgrant” is a result of immigrants bypassing a similar system when entering the country.
“Hey let’s find a solution to our broken immigration system”
Texas: “nope send dem to dem LiBeRaLs”
“Wow Texas youre so smart, you’re totally not trafficking people like the cartels”
They should just secede and become a desert version of North korea.
Edit:corrected
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.
Yes, the Civilian Conservation Corps did great things.
It is a digression, but U6 unemployment is still at 7%.
But then useful idiots will complain prices will go up.
They never consider that profits may go down.
