Texas Governor Expands Migrant Busing Operation to Include Flights to Chicago

Chicago Unprepared to Receive Migrants, Raises Concerns Over Living Conditions and Medical Care

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expanded his migrant busing operation to include flights to Chicago, with over 120 migrants flown from El Paso to Chicago on a chartered plane.
The city of Chicago was not prepared to receive the migrants, and is currently seeking shelter for the group who are now staying at the airport.
Chicago has recently toughened penalties on bus operators not unloading new arrivals at a designated location or failing to fill out city paperwork, in response to Abbott's busing operation.
Concerns have been raised about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago, highlighted by the recent death of a 5-year-old boy living at a temporary shelter for migrants.
Abbott's decision to start sending migrants to Chicago by plane was made because Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is not living up to Chicago’s “Welcoming City” ordinance and “targeting migrant buses from Texas.”