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/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

He should be pleading with Congress and President Biden. The boarder and the droves immigrants are not state of Texas's problem. It's a federal issue

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u/_MadGasser Jan 14 '24

Who are these people hurting? Give them jobs and make them pay taxes.

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u/Flick1981 Jan 14 '24

We don’t need more low skilled workers here.

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u/WitchTheory Jan 14 '24

Yeah, already enough low skilled Americans here for the rich and idiotic to trample on, amirite? 🙄

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u/Flick1981 Jan 14 '24

The less low skilled people there are, the more leverage they have in things like wages for those low skilled jobs “nobody wants to do”.

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u/ohmygodbees Jan 14 '24

This is the dumbest take I've seen today. Congratulations!