Chicago Receives Another 50 Migrants Sent By Bus From Texas
- Second group to arrive in the Windy City in less than a week
- Mayor Lightfoot said Texas is treating migrants like freight
A group of migrants board a CTA bus at Chicago's Union Station after arriving from Texas on Aug. 31.
Photographer: Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images
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Chicago received another 50 migrants bused from Texas on Sunday, the second group to arrive in less than a week.
The migrants were mostly families and the city is working to figure out where they come from, Mayor Lori Lightfoot told reporters late Sunday. She slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who made cracking down on immigration a prominent part of his re-election campaign, for treating people like “freight.”