Chicago Mayor Urges Texas Governor to Halt Migrant Busing Amid Humanitarian Crisis

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has written to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, urging him to stop busing migrants to Chicago, calling the move "inhumane" and "dangerous". Abbott launched this effort last year as part of a strategy to share the influx of migrants in Texas with cities with Democratic leadership. Since then, Texas has bused individuals to New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. The city has shouldered more than 8,000 migrants since August sent by Abbott, many of whom required extensive care which wasn't addressed by the state before sending them to Chicago, according to Lightfoot.