Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) is calling for “someone” to stand up and stop Republican lawmakers from sending migrants “only to blue cities.”
“Someone needs to work in Texas with these border politicians to have them stop sending people only to blue cities!” Pritzker told Face the Nation on Sunday.
"The Democrat convention is in Chicago next year. Are you confident that your city and your state are gonna have a better grasp?"
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Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker: "Someone needs to work in Texas with these border politicians to have them stop sending people only to blue cities!" pic.twitter.com/gmFIXM7eNH
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced that Texas had bused more than 50,000 people who have crossed the southern border and sent them to Democratic-led cities, including New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Denver, and Los Angeles. The busing initiative began in 2022.
The Illinois governor specifically pointed to the need for federal intervention.
“The president of the United States and the White House has the ability to help disperse folks across the country,” Pritzker added. “That will help a lot.”
The United States Border Patrol's El Paso region has encountered an average of 1,100 illegal immigrants daily recently and had an average of 5,600 people in custody, according to city data provided online.
Last week, several hundred migrants stormed past Mexican border authorities with nothing being done to stop them; in fact, one officer was seen smoking as he watched the group walk past him.
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Once inside the U.S., migrants are typically held by Border Patrol while agents arrange transportation to processing centers, where they are interviewed, fingerprinted, and given the chance to shower and eat.
From there, the migrants may elect to travel north via Texas-taxpayer-funded transportation.