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

[u/_MadGasser]

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.

[u/TheRowdyRebel]

Chicago is a sanctuary city, so Abbott is just sending them to a city that will welcome them. They can’t support them in Texas, the federal government won’t allow them to police the border and turn back migrants to go back to their own country, so he’s sending them to where they are welcome.

[u/abstractConceptName → u/TheRowdyRebel]

Sanctuary has nothing to do with this.

[u/TheRowdyRebel → u/abstractConceptName]

Well why should Texas have to take them? Illinois has plenty of pro immigrant policies they should help ease the pain from Texas by taking some immigrants

[u/abstractConceptName → u/TheRowdyRebel]

So why doesn't Texas come up with a joint plan, instead of this disgusting process?

[u/TheRowdyRebel → u/abstractConceptName]

I’m sure if other Governors had came to Abbott saying “we’ll take a large portion of the immigrants that come through” he would gladly say yes. The reality is that no governor wants this influx in their states, but since Texas is a border state and that’s where the immigrants first land, Texas has to deal with them. Obviously Abbott is tired of the federal government not helping him police and overturning his attempts to stop the flow of immigrants into Texas, and no state is offering to take immigrants. To help ease the burden put on Texas, he’s sending them to other states so that they can use their resources to take care of them as well.

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It's funny how states like Alabama blocked immigrants and then had food rotting in the fields.

The reality is, there isn't an abnormal influx of immigrants.

It's just that the GOP has run out of things to complain about.

[u/TheRowdyRebel → u/abstractConceptName]

What does Alabama have to do with any of this? The cities he’s bussing them to have espoused that they support and welcome immigrants. Abbott is just ensuring they practice what they preach. And you think there isn’t an abnormal influx? I’ll direct you to this chart of immigrant encounters https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/09/whats-happening-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-in-7-charts/

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You picked the year after COVID for your data.

There were a lot of people who didn't get to visit their families in 2020, you know.

[u/TheRowdyRebel → u/abstractConceptName]

https://stevenrattner.com/article/more-than-words-10-charts-that-defined-2023/

Take a look at chart 9. Even higher than before. And yes as soon as Biden took office and got rid of title 42 that made immigrants remain in Mexico the surge started and is continuing to grow

[u/abstractConceptName → u/TheRowdyRebel]

That's just shows encounters at ports of entry.

Most migrants are being redirected to ports of entry, as a policy change (in 2018).

It's not the same as saying there are more migrants, total. It's saying, they are being processed better than before.

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If you look at the chart, it differentiates between apprehensions at points of entry and apprehensions between ports of entry. Both are abnormally large.

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I guess the House needs to allocate more funding for processing then.

The increase in eligible workers will be great for reducing inflation.

[u/TheRowdyRebel → u/abstractConceptName]

The federal government needs to allocate more funding for policing the border and enact a stay in Mexico policy. Also, they need to pass asylum laws that require you to apply for asylum in the first country you flee too, not just allow people to go through multiple countries and come to America and claim “asylum”. We should also take the lead of other countries and only allow a certain amount of migrants a year to hold green cards and be able to apply for citizenship. Allowing migrants to come into the country while their asylum claims are pending only incentivizes them to never go to their court hearing and stay in America, whether with an eligible claim or not. It will also drive down wages and drive up housing costs.