December 21st 2023.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been making waves with his attempts to transport individuals from his state who cannot be legally repatriated to their countries of origin. According to The Texas Tribune, since he initiated his program in 2022, over 80,000 migrants have been sent to cities governed by Democrats.
The influx of migrants has caused confusion and predicaments in these cities, particularly in Chicago, where Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to devote resources to care for and house the 25,000 new arrivals. As reported by Axios, Chicago has spent $138 million to support the migrants since October 2022.
However, tensions between the denizens of Chicago and the proposed siphoning of resources from already historically neglected neighborhoods have been rising. In a public meeting, several members of Chicago's Westside Austin neighborhoods expressed frustration at the idea of using their community resources to assist the migrants, who had not asked to be transported there and were unprepared for the harsh winter climate.
Mayor Johnson has expressed his dissatisfaction with Governor Abbott as the source of the migrant crisis in his city. As ABC 15 reported, Johnson said Abbott was placing families on buses without shoes, cold, wet, tired, hungry, afraid, and traumatized, and was unconcerned with the material conditions of the migrants he sends to Chicago.
In response to the situation, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the migrant crisis was “devastating” to her personally and to President Biden. She added that the first piece of legislation proposed by Biden was on immigration, as the administration is looking for a solution to the broken immigration system.
However, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, has criticized Biden's proposed border policy, saying it contradicts the president's campaign pledges and will not offer a real solution to the immigration system. He concluded that despite the proposed policies, surges at the border with increased human suffering will continue, as the root causes of the immigration system have not been addressed.
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