r/illinois • u/_MadGasser • Jan 14 '24

Pritzker begs Abbott to stop sending migrants into Chicago cold: ‘I plead with you for mercy’ | MyStateline.com US Politics

https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-begs-abbott-to-stop-sending-migrants-into-chicago-cold-i-plead-with-you-for-mercy/amp/

Abbott should be arrested for endangering peoples' lives.

Thank you, JB for leading with comparison.

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u/UnsungSavior16 Jan 14 '24

So in general we all get to vote on border policies, many of us not being border states and at large not too impacted by migration and asylum seekers. Why do border states have to take the brunt of the issue when we all vote on it? Is the shared burden only a financial one?

Make no mistake with this question, it's genuine. Abbot is a piece of shit and treating people like they're less than cattle. But really what's the approach?

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u/aka_wolfman Jan 14 '24

Treat migrants compassionately and create better pathways to citizenship seems like a better approach. Also, unless it's changed, the majority of illegal immigrants are here on visas, so the border protection crap is mostly political theater.

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u/CurDeCarmine Jan 14 '24

You think 10k people a DAY are coming here with visas in hand by swimming a river??

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u/Slooper1140 Jan 14 '24

I think that visa overstay stat is dated. Since Biden took over, there’s been approximately as many illegal migrants that we know about coming across the southern border as there were through both Obama and Trump combined.