Overview

• Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has written a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, asking him to halt the transportation of migrants to Illinois due to a severe winter storm and subzero temperatures.
• Pritzker criticizes Abbott for dropping off asylum seekers without alerting Illinois authorities, at improper locations and at all hours of the night.
• Chicago, a city that has received over 34,500 migrants from Texas, is expected to experience heavy snow and near-blizzard conditions, followed by extremely cold temperatures.
• Pritzker accuses Abbott of exploiting the migrant crisis for political points, and pleads for mercy for the migrants who are powerless to speak for themselves.
• It is unclear whether the severe weather in Texas or Illinois will halt Abbott’s migrant transportation efforts.