(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Another hypocritical Democrat lashed out at Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for busing the chaos that has erupted at the southern border into self-proclaimed sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants.
Abbott on Wednesday announced that his state had bused about 100 migrants to Chicago, in the wake of previously busing upwards of 7,000 illegal immigrants to New York City and Washington, D.C., which like Chicago tout their status as sanctuary cities.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called Abbott “racist” after learning of the buses arrival.
“Unfortunately, Texas Governor Greg Abbot is without any shame or humanity,” Lightfoot’s office said in a statement, according to the Texas Tribune.
“But ever since he put these racist practices of expulsion in place, we have been working with our community partners to ready the city to receive these individuals,” she said.
Abbott said he welcomed Chicago shouldering some of the burden of the Biden administration’s misguided immigration policies.
The U.S. Border Patrol has racked up a record 1.8 million migrant arrests at the southwest border in the last 10 months, with hundreds of thousands more illegal immigrants slipping through into border states likes Texas and Arizona.
Under Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” border enforcement effort, law enforcement officials have apprehended more than 297,200 people who’ve illegally entered Texas, made more than 19,000 criminal arrests, more than 16,400 felony charges and seized more than 335.5 million lethal doses of fentanyl—enough to kill nearly every adult and child in the U.S., reported The Center Square.
“President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans—and Americans—at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” Abbott said, according to Fox News.
“To continue providing much-needed relief to our small, overrun border towns, Chicago will join fellow sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York City as an additional drop-off location.”
Before sending the latest busload to Chicago, Abbott’s office said the state had already spent about $12 million for transporting illegal immigrants to help relieve an overwhelmed Texas from Biden’s open border policies, reported the Daily Mail.
“Mayor Lightfoot loves to tout the responsibility of her city to welcome all regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing this responsibility in action as these migrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them,” Abbott said.
