Chicago Gets First Busloads Full of Migrants Sent by Texas
- About 75 migrants dropped off at city’s Union Station
- Mayor of Chicago pledges to treat new arrivals with ‘dignity’
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Chicago received its first group of immigrants sent by the governor of Texas, following similar bus drop-offs in New York and Washington.
Some 75 migrants were brought to Union Station on Wednesday evening, given shelter, food and protection, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a press conference on Thursday. The migrants were primarily from Venezuela and included children.