Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott as ‘racist’ after he announced he would be bussing illegal migrants to the city.
Lightfoot has repeatedly bragged that Chicago is a ‘sanctuary city’ as they welcomed 60 people on Wednesday, August 30.
Texas has bussed more than 7,000 migrants so far to Washington DC and New York since April, spending nearly $13million on the initiative.
The state has paid $12,707,720.92 to Wynne Transportation, the charter service that is taking migrants to the various cities.
More than 7,400 migrants have been bused to DC since April and more than 1,500 to New York City since August 5.
Gov. Abbott took another swipe at President Biden as he announced that he was sending the first bus to Chicago.
He also called out Lightfoot, saying: ‘President Biden's inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans-and Americans-at risk and is overwhelming our communities.
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